Couper, Frederick Andrew
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Frederick Andrew |
Surname | Couper |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Date of Death | 18-12-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles F. A. and Florrie Josephine Couper, of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. |
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 | Australia |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
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. |