Couper, James Robert
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | James Robert |
Surname | Couper |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-03-1943 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | DT646 |
Markings | VR-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 135. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 149 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1126438 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-03-1943 |
End Date | 06-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 442 aircraft, 14 losses (3.2%). This raid included the 100000th raid of the war. 56 aircraft turned back due to technical defects, 3 of which were Oboe equipped target markers. The remaining PFF Mosquitoes marked the target perfectly, however, despite the usual haze that obscured the town. Some 160 acres of destruction were wreaked with 53 separate buildings of the Krupps works hit. More than 3000 residential properties were destroyed. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak over the target and then attacked by a night-fighter. May have crashed between Arnhem and Nijmegen |