Tribute to a war hero

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Title

Tribute to a war hero

Description

Top left: Horace, in uniform, gloves and peaked cap. He is flanked by a woman in glasses and hat and a man in a bowler hat.
Top right: A chipmunk in flight,
Bottom right: View of a church and a map of Huntingdon District.
Bottom left: Ticket number 3397 for an investiture at Buckingham Palace.
Centre left: Details the scattering of Horace Cooke DFC's ashes from a Chipmunk over his wartime base. Mentions the 60 operations Horace took part in and his founding membership of the Pathfinder Memorial Association.

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Format

One b/w photograph, two colour photographs, one map, one printed ticket and one newspaper cutting

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SCookeH115312v10026-0001; SCookeH115312v10026-0002

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Citation

“Tribute to a war hero,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 7, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/49464.

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