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Military service
Service number:
J/92259
Age:
21
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
429 Sqdn.
Death:
December 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 249.
Additional information
Son of James C. and Elizabeth Copeland, of Dundalk, Ontario. Brother of Mary Elizabeth Copeland and Flying Officer Thomas Donovan Copeland who died on March 11, 1945 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer James Coulter Copeland
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Photo of JAMES COULTER COPELAND
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Photo of JAMES COULTER COPELAND
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Letter
official letter to father -
Circumstances of Death
details of fatal mission and crew members -
Circumstances of Death
ditching of aircraft on 17 Sept. 1944 -
Memorial
Pilot Officer James Coulter Copeland is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer James Coulter Copeland is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Coulter Copeland
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Coulter Copeland
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Coulter Copeland
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Coulter Copeland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 279 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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