Coukell, Bruce Adams

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-09-07

Birth Date: 1916-February-20

Born: Havelock Ontario

John E. Coukell & Mary H. Coukell

Home: High Bridge, New Jersey, USA (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

17 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Upwood

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/62788

Home
Google MapHigh Bridge, New Jersey, USA (parents)
First Burial
Google MapSt Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Shawbury, Shropshire, England.

Took off from Upwood for a cross-country exercise.

Aircraft spun from 2,500 feet and crashed at 1200 feet into a tree at Cressage, 8 miles SE of Shrewsbury, England.

Killed includes Coukell:Sergeant Elias Cyril Brearley RAF KIFA Alfreton Cemetery Sec. C. Grave 1346.Sergeant Matthew Francis Fox RAF KIFA Widnes Cemetery Sec. 4R. Grave 641.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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Blenheim R3875

Sergeant Coukell, Bruce Adams (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-September-07
St Mary Churchyard, Shawbury, Shropshire, UK

Bristol Blenheim

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).
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The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War. The aircraft was developed as Type 142, a civil airliner, in response to a challenge from Lord Rothermere to produce the fastest commercial aircraft in Europe. The Type 142 first flew in April 1935, and the Air Ministry, impressed by its performance, ordered a modified design as the Type 142M for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a bomber. Deliveries of the newly named Blenheim to RAF squadrons commenced on 10 March 1937. Wikipedia

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