Cooper, Arthur Douglas (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-September-15

Flight Sergeant Arthur Douglas Cooper RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: William & Mary Breckenridge Cooper of Halifax, NS

Spouse:

Home: Regina, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

14 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Cottesmore

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/106593

Home

Regina, Saskatchewan

Final Burial

St Nicholas Church
Compt 11 Grave 49

Took off from Cottesmore on a routine cross-country training flight.

Overshot the landing at Cottesmore and on pulling up, stalled and dived into the ground.

Killed includes Cooper: Sergeant Philip Carl Neuls RCAF R/102474 KIA St. Nicholas Church, Cottesmore, Compt. 12. Grave 46. Flight Sergeant Joseph Alphonse Maurice St. Pierre RCAF R/77228 KIA St. Nicholas Church, Cottesmore, Compt. 11. Grave 50.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Hampden AD740

Flight Sergeant Arthur Douglas Cooper RCAF

Flight Sergeant Cooper, Arthur Douglas (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-September-15
St Nicholas Church, Cottesmore, Main Street, Cottesmore, Oakham, UK

Flight Sergeant Philip Carl Neuls RCAF

Flight Sergeant Neuls, Philip Carl (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-September-15
St Nicholas Church, Cottesmore, Main Street, Cottesmore, Oakham, UK

Flight Sergeant Josph Alphonse Maurice St Pierre

Flight Sergeant St Pierre, Josph Alphonse Maurice ()
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-September-15
St Nicholas Church, Cottesmore, Main Street, Cottesmore, Oakham, UK

Hampden serial: AD740

(RCAF Photo via Chris Charland)(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Handley Page Hampden (Serial No. P5428), of No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Patricia Bay, British Columbia, in the torpedo-bomber training role between May 1942 and February 1944.

Handley Page developed a modern stressed-skin mid-wing monoplane, powered by Bristol Pegasus radial air cooled engines, with its first flight in 1936. It had the most advanced wings available at the time, giving it a remarkably low landing speed of 73 mph for an aircraft of its size, with a top speed of 265 mph. The Hampden had a short, narrow but tall main fuselage with a very slender tail unit. This configuration led to the nicknames "Flying Panhandle" and "Flying Suitcase". At the end of the war, no complete or partial Hampden aircraft were retained for museum display.

The Hampden served in the early stages of the war, bearing the brunt of the early bombing war over Europe, taking part in the first night raid on Berlin and in the first 1000-bomber raid on Cologne. In Canada, Hampdens were built by six companies that formed Associated Aircraft. There were three in Ontario and three in Quebec, hence they were identified as the Ontario Group and Quebec Group. They supplied all the the components to the two assembly plants. The Ontario Group's assembly plant was at the Malton Airport, while the Quebec group's assembly plant was at the St. Hubert Airport. Canadian Museum of Flight and Harold A Skaarup web page

YouTube Handley Page Hampden in Flight