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
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.
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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