Couper, Mungo William (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-June-13

Pilot Officer Mungo William Couper RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-December-16

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Home: Montreal, Quebec

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

78 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nemo Non Paratus Nobody unprepared

Base

RAF Breighton

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/90342
Prev: R/171368

Home

Montreal, Quebec

Target

Amiens France

Final Burial

Churchyard
Row A Coll Grave 1-5

Took off from Breighton at 22:18 in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code EY-H Bomber Command) on an operation to Amiens, France to bomb rail communications.

Aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Le Champ de L'abbaye, CrÃ¨vecÅ“ur-le-Grand, Oise 60 France.

Killed includes Couper: Pilot Officer James Edward Byers RCAF J/89955 KIA Poix-De-Picardie Churchyard, Row A. Coll. grave 1-5. Pilot Officer Douglas Idris Davies RCAF J/89890 KIA Poix-De-Picardie Churchyard, Row A. Coll. grave 1-5. Flying Officer George Kenneth Lancaster RCAF J/23972 KIA Poix-De-Picardie Churchyard, Row A. Coll. grave 1-5. Flying Officer John Samuel Ritchie RCAF J/25867 KIA Poix-De-Picardie Churchyard, Row A. Coll. grave 1-5. Flying Officer John Frederick Wyllie RCAF J/25814 pilot KIA Poix-De-Picardie Churchyard, Row A. Coll. grave 1-5. Sergeant William Duncan RAF KIA Poix-De-Picardie Churchyard Row A. Coll. grave 1-5.

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