Cope, Ellis Victor
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ellis Victor |
Surname | Cope |
Gender | M |
Age | 33 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edward and Martha Ann Cope. Husband of Norah Cope, of Riddlesdon, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster l |
Serial Number | R5502 |
Markings | OF-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Gosseliès Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 1. Grave 23. |
Epitaph | WE WAITED FOR HIM, NOW HE WAITS FOR US |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 23 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1006396 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Thorpe Camp, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Lettering and Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Woodhall Spa during WW2, including 619 Sqn |
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/766/33 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/766/32 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-08-1942 |
End Date | 29-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Woodhall Spa |
Day/Night Raid | Night (90% moon) |
Operation | Nürnberg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night- fighter (Oblt Adolf Brandst_tter, 1./NJG4) and crashed 0248 29Aug42 at moorage (Hainault), 7 km NW of Binche, Belgium. |