Coutts, Lorne Ronald
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Lorne Ronald |
Surname | Coutts |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 27-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert and Sarah Coutts, of Newdale, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | HZ365 |
Markings | NA-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. B. 2. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 149 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/123973 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 428 (Ghost) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Coutts Lake, Manitoba; North of Caribou River Park Reserve |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Adjacent to fomer St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed slate tablets |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served on 428 (RCAF) Sqn at Middleton St. George during WWII, especially those who made the supreme sacrifice |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 26-04-1943 |
End Date | 27-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Dalton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (54% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg. 561 aircraft, 17 losses (3.0%). PFF claimed accurate marking but most of the bombs fell in the north east of the city. More than 300 buildings destroyed and 130+ fatalities |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Dulmen, Germany |