P/O D.G.Cobden of No 74 Squadron a New Zealander joined the R.A.F. in 1937 or 38. He made a forced landing on the 10th of July 1940 after sustaining battle damage to his Spitfire (P9399) whilst attacking some 26 Dorniers escorted by fighters over a convoy near Dover. On the 11th of August 1940 he was shot down and killed in a Spitfire I (R6757) during combat with Bf 110's East of Harwich at 12:15hrs. D.G.Cobden is buried at Oostende Communal Cemetery he was 26 years old.
