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COUPER FA
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COUPER, Frederick

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Vickers Wellington IC
Serial Number DV892
Markings -D
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Denmark
Burial/Memorial Place Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery
Grave Reference AIII. 8. 23..
Epitaph FOR EVER IN OUR LOVE ENSHRINED
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 23
Enlistment information
Service Number 404053
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Group 3
Squadron 1474 Flt
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different Australia
Last Operation information
Start Date 18-12-1942
End Date 18-12-1942
Takeoff Station Gransden Lodge
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Wireless investigation sortie
Reason for Loss At 1500 hrs the aircraft was seen over Hopton making towards the sea. No trace of the aircraft was found despite an extensive search. Pilot P/O Couper RAAF was found washed ashore on Vejers Beach on 15/2 and was laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery, Esbjerg on 18th February 1943, whilst P/O Pickles was found on 20th December in the sea 7 miles south east of Lowestoft and was laid to rest in Batley cemetery, Yorkshire, England. The bodies of the remaining crew were never found and they are therefore commemorated on the Runnymede memorial.