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rdfs:label	Glen Cooper
rdfs:comment	Air Commodore Glen Albert Cooper, CBE, DFC, AFC (20 November 19156 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 made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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serviceyears	1934
Birth Date	1915-11-20
Commands	No. 80 Wing RAAF No. 1 Flying Training School RAAF dbkwik:resource/UFV0XRuJP5k6ofUPeFM3Lg== No. 78 Wing RAAF dbkwik:resource/0gpJARB9a1lvg5EIX2QWpw== No. 81 Wing RAAF
Branch	25
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Name	Glen Albert Cooper
Caption	Wing Commander Cooper after landing the first of No. 81 Wing's P-51 Mustangs to arrive at Iwakuni, Japan, in 1946
Birth Place	Glenferrie, Melbourne
Awards	Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Air Force Cross (United Kingdom) Order of the British Empire
death date	1986-04-06
Rank	Air Commodore
Battles	dbkwik:resource/svhRhBzGSrLF125t9S-eVg== South West Pacific theatre of World War II World War II
servicenumber	251426
abstract	Air Commodore Glen Albert Cooper, CBE, DFC, AFC (20 November 19156 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 made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
is notable commanders of	No. 81 Wing RAAF