| 词条 | Douglas Graham Cooke |
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| name = Douglas Graham Cooke | image =Douglas graham cooke.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1895|7|26}} | death_date = {{Death year and age|1955|1895}} | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = Wimbledon, Surrey, England | death_place = Surrey, England | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = British Army Royal Air Force | serviceyears = 1917–1919 | rank = Captain | unit = No. 20 Squadron RAF | commands = | battles = | awards = Military Cross | relations = | laterwork = }} Captain Douglas Graham Cooke {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MC}} (26 July 1895 – 1955) was a British World War I flying ace credited with thirteen aerial victories.[1][2] Biography{{See also|Aerial victory standards of World War I}}Cooke commissioned as a probationary second lieutenant on the General List, assigned to the Royal Flying Corps on 24 May 1917,[3] and received the Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate No. 4825 at the Military School at Ruislip on 16 June after soloing in a Maurice Farman biplane.[2] He was confirmed in his rank on 10 September.[4] Assigned to No. 20 Squadron, Cooke's string of victories began on 22 January 1918 and extended until 19 May. His observers manning the guns in the rear seat of his Bristol F.2 Fighter included fellow aces Henry Crowe, James Scaramanga and Ernest Hardcastle. His final tally was five enemy fighter planes destroyed and eight driven down out of control, with nine enemy planes falling to his pilot's gun.[1][2] Cooke's successes earned him the post of flight commander with its concomitant promotion to temporary captain on 11 April,[5] as well as the award of the Military Cross in July. He was transferred to the unemployed list on 26 July 1919.[6] Honours and awards
Temporary Lieutenant Douglas Graham Cooke, RAF. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when engaged in many low bombing patrols and low reconnaissances. On one occasion, when important information was required, he flew along a front of ten miles at 100 feet, being subjected the whole way to heavy fire from the ground, and on the same day along another front of twelve miles at 300 feet, each time returning with the information and his machine much shot about. He has destroyed several hostile machines in air combats, and has invariably displayed the highest courage and a splendid fighting spirit.[7] References
1. ^1 Shores et.al. (1997), p.119. 2. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/cooke.php |title=Douglas Graham Cooke |work=The Aerodrome |year=2014 |accessdate=26 October 2014 }} 3. ^{{London Gazette |date=19 June 1917 |supp=y |issue=30141 |page=6148 |nolink=yes}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |date=2 October 1917 |supp=y |issue=30323 |page=10268 |nolink=yes}} 5. ^{{London Gazette |date=3 May 1918 |issue=30668 |page=5366 |nolink=yes}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |date=16 September 1919 |issue=31554 |page=11590 |nolink=yes}} 7. ^{{London Gazette |date= 23 July 1918 |supp=y |issue= 30813 |page=8788 |nolink=yes}}
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