Flight Lieutenant Norman Percival COOPER (29881) of the Royal Australian Air Force

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Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft Lancaster I HK537
IBCC

Date of Death 1944-01-29 Age : 31 years.

Served in 463 Sqdn

Burial/Commemoration Details : Allied Mil. Plot. Row 4. 24. at Aabenraa Cemetery, Denmark (Map)

International Bomber Command Memorial : IBCC

More Details: SON OF SAMUEL ALFRED AND STELLA COOPER; HUSBAND OF BERNICE EVELYN COOPER, OF WEST LEEDERVILLE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

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Aircraft Accident / Loss Entry

Aircraft Name: Lancaster I HK537	Date of Crash: 29 Jan 44	Unit Wireless Operator (Air)	Airfield /Crash Location , Denmark
Aircrew details

Details	Took off 0035 29 Jan 1944. Outbound collided with an 83 Sqdn Lancaster (JA967) crashing 0230 29 Jan 1944 at Mjels on the island of als 2 km SW of Oksbol.
Source	Henk Welting's Database

Rank	Name, Number, Trade & Details	Date	Unit	Country	Cemetery/Memorial & Loc Ref
Sergeant	Francis Charles William BULL (578353) Flight Engi Lancaster I HK537 IBCC	1944-01-29	463 Sqdn AIR27	Denmark	Aabenraa Cemetery
Flight Sergeant	Lewis Havelock CHRISTMASS (406292) Lancaster I HK537 IBCC	1944-01-29	463 Sqdn AIR27	Denmark	Aabenraa Cemetery
Flight Lieutenant	Norman Percival COOPER (29881) Lancaster I HK537 IBCC	1944-01-29	463 Sqdn AIR27	Denmark	Aabenraa Cemetery
Sergeant	Ronald James GRIST (918972) Air Gunner Lancaster I HK537 IBCC	1944-01-29	463 Sqdn AIR27	Denmark	Aabenraa Cemetery
Pilot Officer	George Jeffreys KERR (409553) Lancaster I HK537 IBCC	1944-01-29	463 Sqdn AIR27	Denmark	Aabenraa Cemetery
Sergeant	Frederick Ernest ROBSON (1576820) Wireless Op Lancaster I HK537 IBCC	1944-01-29	463 Sqdn AIR27	Denmark	Aabenraa Cemetery
Flight Sergeant	Harold SUTHERS (R/161424) Air Gunner Lancaster I HK537 IBCC	1944-01-29	463 Sqdn AIR27	Denmark	Aabenraa Cemetery

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