{"id":5174,"date":"2020-08-02T11:46:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T11:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=5174"},"modified":"2021-01-30T13:00:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T13:00:39","slug":"cohen-robert-sidney","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/cohen-robert-sidney\/","title":{"rendered":"Cohen, Robert Sidney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Robert Sidney Cohen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

U\/T Observer, 5 AOS
Service number 655638
Died 21 Dec 1941
Buried Golders Green Jewish Cemetery
Age 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robert was born on 17 Mar 1915 in Fulham to Jack and Marie nee Darsa who was born in Istanbul. Robert was the oldest of three children, a sister Beatrice and brother Samuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert enlisted originally into the Army at the end of 1939 and then transferred into the RAF. In the 1939 Register, Robert is listed as working as an omnibus conductor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 21 December 1941, the aircraft Blenheim IV Z6350 of 5 AOS was on its way to Tiree on a training exercise when it ran short of fuel and tried to make a cloud break to land at Machrihanish. It flew into high ground on Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire, killing all crew. The actual place of the crash is a 329m hill 3 miles southeast of Tayinloan on the Kintyre Peninsula. It hit the hill and travelled up and along a ridge before stopping. The engines were removed by the RAF shortly after the crash. Small pieces are still visible on the hill. (aviation-safety.net)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pilot, Sgt Arthur John Gearing 550938.
Pilot, Sgt John Edward Orton 1013757.
Cpl Robert Sidney Cohen 655638 (observer under training)
AC2 Peter Gibson Woodward 1377654 (wireless operator\/air gunner under training)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 5 AOS Operational Record Book states: On December 21st 1941, Blenheim Z6350 crashed and was completely wrecked on Mull of Kintyre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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