Distinguished Flying Cross for his work in an attack on enemy transport and for his leadership as a flight lieutenant. The citation read: Coke was killed in action by enemy Bf 109s in Acroma, Cyrenaica, Africa on Tuesday 9 December 1941, five days after his twenty-sixth birthday, and buried at Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya (Ref. B.A. 3. B. 18). Notes References Bibliography Profile, thepeerage.com; accessed 5 April 2014. 1915 births 1941 deaths Military personnel from Norfolk People from Norfolk Royal Air Force officers The Few Royal Air Force pilots of World War II Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II Aviators killed by being shot down Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Younger sons of earls David British World War II fighter pilots Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Burials at Knightsbridge War Cemetery Roald Dahl