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Coukell, Bruce Adams (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-September-07

Birth Date: 1916-February-20 (age 25)

Born: Havelock Ontario

John E. Coukell & Mary H. Coukell

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

Service
RCAF
Unit
17 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Base
RAF Upwood
Rank
Sergeant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
R/62788

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.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Home
Google MapHigh Bridge, New Jersey, USA (parents)
Burial
Google MapSt Mary Churchyard
USA Row 18 Grave 4

Blenheim R3875

Bristol Blenheim

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).

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

YouTube Bristol Blenheim Bomber

Wkikpedia Bristol Blenheim

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

last update: 2021-10-05 20:09:43

Blenheim Mk. lV R3875



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