Frank Cueto

Flying Officer Francisco ("Frank") Cueto was an English airman of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died during the Second World War.
He was born in 1917, in Wigton, Cumberland, the son of Spanish-born parents Antonio and Emilia Cueto (née Ruiz). His father became the proprietor of a fish-and-chip shop in Maryport, Cumbria, and was the great-grandfather of the rugby player Mark Cueto.Wilson, Andy (2006), Cueto Shrugs Off Injury, The Guardian, 31 May 2006, guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
Cueto, a pilot in 56 Squadron, died on 9 February 1944, when his Hawker Typhoon (serial JR442) crashed into the North Sea off the coast of Dungeness.Frank Cueto, martleshamheath-rollofhonour.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2012. He had married Vera Dutton shortly before his death.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Runnymede Memorial.
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==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Cueto, Frank, cwgc.org. Retrieved 14 December 2012.]
Category:1917 births
Category:1944 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British people of Spanish descent
Category:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Runnymede Memorial
Category:Flying Officers