Edward Warren COSH

COSH, Edward Warren

Service Number: 409086
Enlisted: 19 July 1941
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 8 September 1922
Home Town: Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Lowood, Queensland, Queensland, Australia, 13 October 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Esk Cemetery, Qld
Grave 820, Esk Cemetery, Esk, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

19 Jul 1941: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 409086
19 Jul 1941: Enlisted Melbourne, VIC
19 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409086

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Henley Warren Cosh and Hilda Amy Cosh of Geelong, Victoria

Flight Sergeant Edward Warren Cosh 409086 (Pilot) and Flight Sergeant Norman Lloyd Jenkins 409712 (Observer) were both killed instantly when Vultee Vengeance A27-73 of Number 23 Squadron crashed at South Lowood in Queensland - the A-35A aircraft was last seen in a 60 degree high speed dive at 400 feet before impact. All fabric on the elevators were seen to be torn off.