page_title: Glen Cooper
hierarchical_section_title: Glen Cooper
caption_attribution_description: English: Iwakuni, Japan. When Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) Glen Cooper DFC, Elwood, Vic, Commanding Officer, No. 81 Fighter Wing RAAF (left), led in the first Mustang flight from No. 81 Fighter Wing to land, he was met by Wg Cdr J. R. Kinninmont DFC of Northbridge, NSW, commanding No. 381 Base Squadron RAAF at the airstrip.
context_page_description: Air Commodore Glen Albert Cooper, CBE, DFC, AFC was an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force. During the Second World War, he commanded No. 80 Squadron in the New Guinea campaign and then No. 80 Wing in the Borneo campaign. He commanded No. 78 Wing during the Malayan Emergency, earning the Air Force Cross for his leadership. Following his retirement from the RAAF in 1970, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
context_section_description: Air Commodore Glen Albert Cooper, CBE, DFC, AFC (20 November 1915 – 6 April 1986) was an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).  During the Second World War, he commanded No. 80 Squadron in the New Guinea campaign (for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross) and then No. 80 Wing in the Borneo campaign.  He commanded No. 78 Wing during the Malayan Emergency, earning the Air Force Cross for his leadership.  Following his retirement from the RAAF in 1970, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
caption: Wing Commander Cooper (left) after landing the first of No. 81 Wing's P-51 Mustangs to arrive at Iwakuni, Japan, in 1946
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