Coates, Percy Hornby (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-September-04

Flying Officer Percy Hornby Coates RCAF

Birth Date: 1917-May-14

Born: Senlac Saskatchewan

Parents: Thomas & Edith Coates

Spouse: Charlotte F. Coates, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Home: Senlac, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

50 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sic Fidem Servamus Thus we keep faith

Base

RAF Skellingthorpe

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/11566

Home
Google MapSenlac, Saskatchewan
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapNeuruppin, Germany, Near Crash Site

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapBerlin War Cemetery
Plot 7 Row J Grave 23

Took off from Skellingthorpe at 20:11 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code VN-Q Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin Germany.

Aircraft was damaged by flak and finished off by a night fighter and crashed at Vielitz, Vielitzsee, Brandenburg Germany.

Killed includes Coates: Flight Sergeant Rae Warren Buddy Collins RCAF R/156379 KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 7. J. 22. Flying Officer Jack Morgan Lauder RCAF J/22357 KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 7. J. 26. Sergeant Anthony Richard Duncan Bedbrook RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 7. J. 25. Sergeant George Banks Buchan RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 7. J. 27. Sergeant Reginald Gordon Cooper RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 7. J. 24. Sergeant Robert Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 7. J. 21.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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