serviceyears servicenumber branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance unit awards placeofburial_label name battles birth_date placeofburial nickname rank article_title birth_name
1936 -- 40 37652 royal air force 31 may 1940 dunkirk , france cambridge , england united kingdom no. 264 squadron raf distinguished flying cross commemorated on the runnymede memorial nicholas gresham cooke second world war 26 august 1913 missing -lrb- unknown -rrb- lanky flight lieutenant nicholas gresham cooke
 nicholas gresham cooke
nicholas gresham cooke

flight lieutenant nicholas gresham cooke , dfc -lrb- 26 august 1913 -- 31 may 1940 -rrb- , nicknamed lanky , was a royal air force pilot and second world war flying ace most notable as an ace in a day and was killed in action over the dunkirk evacuation beaches .
