Air Commodore Cooper - Obituary

[xray one]

Air Commodore Geoffrey Cooper - obituary - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11415839/Air-Commodore-Geoffrey-Cooper-obituary.html)

Standard Biggin Hill question...

RIP Sir

[LowObservable]

There were many pilots who shot down Spitfires and were shot down by Spitfires, but I would hazard that few of them were in the RAF.

I was on a couple of airline press jollies with Geoff in his early Telegraph days - very competent in what was (as noted) a totally unfamiliar milieu.

[MPN11]

And what an excellent AOC MATO he was too ... A very fine officer, with no 'nasty side' that I ever saw.

RIP, Sir. A pleasure to have served under you.

[Heimdall]

My article on the incident when Geoff Cooper was shot down, together with other incidents involving the RAF and IAF can be found here IAF v RAF (http://www.spyflight.co.uk/iafvraf.htm)