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A twin-engine dark-green bomber with RAF roundels and the letters TOUB on its fuselage flies against a clear blue sky.

Handley Page Hampden

47 Green’s Road, Cambridge

History of 47 Green's Road, Cambridge

1913

James Cook, plasterer


1931 Electoral Roll

Kate Florence Cook, 47 Green’s Road


1940 UK Roll of Honour

Charles Owen Cook: Sergeant, 748780, Pilot, 106 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who died on Monday 30 September 1940. Age 20. Buried in MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY Lancashire, United Kingdom. Son of James Arthur and Kate Florence Cook, of Cambridge.

He was flying a Hampden bomber when he crashed into high ground near Buxton after becoming lost during a night training exercise.

Building dates

  • Built 1900–1929
Source for this date
  • Built 1900–1929: EPC construction age band: 1900–1929

Tags

  • world war two

Projects

  • Green's Road

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