Coutts, Andrew Edward
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Andrew Edward |
Surname | Coutts |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Peter Coutts and of Edith Mary Coutts (Nee Strachan). Husband of Ailsa M. Coutts, of Whakatane, Auckland, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Lockheed Ventura II |
Serial Number | AE956 |
Markings | EG-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 198. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 149 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 412209 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 487 (New Zealand) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Miscellaneous Information
Operation Rodeo 212 was a diversionary raid by 11 Group, on Vlissingen. It cost 487 Squadron 11 Venturas |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1979/3 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1935/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-05-1943 |
End Date | 03-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Methwold |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Operation Ramrod 16- to attack a power station on the northern outskirts of Amsterdam. An exceptional number of experienced fighter pilots were present at Schipol airfield for a conference and they were scrambled following the earlier Spitfire sweep of the area. Nine of the aircraft were shot down, leaving a sole Ventura to press on and bomb the target (since one had turned back early). The last one was then shot down, meaning a loss rate of 90.9%- the highest of the war. S/L Trent, the pilot of the Ventura that pressed on, was awarded a VC for his bravery. |
Reason for Loss | Presumed Lost over the sea |