614970 Sergeant Frederick Tom Copp.
Flight Engineer.
The Royal Air Force.
228 Squadron
Aged 24.
Son of George Copp and Rose Ellen Copp, of Starcross, Devon.
A "Flying Boat" Short S.25 Sunderland Mark 111, DW 110, was based at RAF Castle Archdale, Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh. The base was on Lough Erne in Co. Fermanagh, and flew out to the Atlantic over the Irish Republic, via the "Donegal Corridor". They provided protection to North Atlantic Convoys, and hunted German Submarines that tried to attack the convoys. They were equipped with an early form of radar, which was used to find submarines on the surface at night, when they were charging their batteries.
The aircraft had taken off from RAF Pembroke Dock, and patrolled an area of the North Atlantic. It was scheduled to land at RAF Castle Archdale. This "one-way" trip would enable it to travel a further distance westwards.
It crashed into the Bluestack Mountains, Co. Donegal, during the night of 31 January 1944. Of the 12 crew members onboard, 7 were killed and 5 survived.
The Crew comprised
Howard Charles Sheffield Armstrong
Captain
Maurice Vincent Wareing
1st Pilot
Maurice Leonard Gillingham
2nd Pilot
Frederick Tom Copp
Flight Engineer.
Cyril Robinson Greenwood
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
John Ernest Parsons
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Frederick George Green
Air Gunner
The survivors included
Flying Officer Joseph George Trull [He died later]
Navigator.
Warrant Officer John Bruce Richardson
Flight Engineer.
Flight Sergeant "Jim" Arthur Gowens
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner. [d. 1976].
Sergeant Charles Stanley Hobbs
Flight Mechanic (Engines) / Air Gunner.
Sergeant "Jim" James Kenneth Gilchrist
Air Gunner [d. 2008].
Flight Engineer.
The Royal Air Force.
228 Squadron
Aged 24.
Son of George Copp and Rose Ellen Copp, of Starcross, Devon.
A "Flying Boat" Short S.25 Sunderland Mark 111, DW 110, was based at RAF Castle Archdale, Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh. The base was on Lough Erne in Co. Fermanagh, and flew out to the Atlantic over the Irish Republic, via the "Donegal Corridor". They provided protection to North Atlantic Convoys, and hunted German Submarines that tried to attack the convoys. They were equipped with an early form of radar, which was used to find submarines on the surface at night, when they were charging their batteries.
The aircraft had taken off from RAF Pembroke Dock, and patrolled an area of the North Atlantic. It was scheduled to land at RAF Castle Archdale. This "one-way" trip would enable it to travel a further distance westwards.
It crashed into the Bluestack Mountains, Co. Donegal, during the night of 31 January 1944. Of the 12 crew members onboard, 7 were killed and 5 survived.
The Crew comprised
Howard Charles Sheffield Armstrong
Captain
Maurice Vincent Wareing
1st Pilot
Maurice Leonard Gillingham
2nd Pilot
Frederick Tom Copp
Flight Engineer.
Cyril Robinson Greenwood
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
John Ernest Parsons
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Frederick George Green
Air Gunner
The survivors included
Flying Officer Joseph George Trull [He died later]
Navigator.
Warrant Officer John Bruce Richardson
Flight Engineer.
Flight Sergeant "Jim" Arthur Gowens
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner. [d. 1976].
Sergeant Charles Stanley Hobbs
Flight Mechanic (Engines) / Air Gunner.
Sergeant "Jim" James Kenneth Gilchrist
Air Gunner [d. 2008].
614970 Sergeant Frederick Tom Copp.
Flight Engineer.
The Royal Air Force.
228 Squadron
Aged 24.
Son of George Copp and Rose Ellen Copp, of Starcross, Devon.
A "Flying Boat" Short S.25 Sunderland Mark 111, DW 110, was based at RAF Castle Archdale, Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh. The base was on Lough Erne in Co. Fermanagh, and flew out to the Atlantic over the Irish Republic, via the "Donegal Corridor". They provided protection to North Atlantic Convoys, and hunted German Submarines that tried to attack the convoys. They were equipped with an early form of radar, which was used to find submarines on the surface at night, when they were charging their batteries.
The aircraft had taken off from RAF Pembroke Dock, and patrolled an area of the North Atlantic. It was scheduled to land at RAF Castle Archdale. This "one-way" trip would enable it to travel a further distance westwards.
It crashed into the Bluestack Mountains, Co. Donegal, during the night of 31 January 1944. Of the 12 crew members onboard, 7 were killed and 5 survived.
The Crew comprised
Howard Charles Sheffield Armstrong
Captain
Maurice Vincent Wareing
1st Pilot
Maurice Leonard Gillingham
2nd Pilot
Frederick Tom Copp
Flight Engineer.
Cyril Robinson Greenwood
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
John Ernest Parsons
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Frederick George Green
Air Gunner
The survivors included
Flying Officer Joseph George Trull [He died later]
Navigator.
Warrant Officer John Bruce Richardson
Flight Engineer.
Flight Sergeant "Jim" Arthur Gowens
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner. [d. 1976].
Sergeant Charles Stanley Hobbs
Flight Mechanic (Engines) / Air Gunner.
Sergeant "Jim" James Kenneth Gilchrist
Air Gunner [d. 2008].
Flight Engineer.
The Royal Air Force.
228 Squadron
Aged 24.
Son of George Copp and Rose Ellen Copp, of Starcross, Devon.
A "Flying Boat" Short S.25 Sunderland Mark 111, DW 110, was based at RAF Castle Archdale, Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh. The base was on Lough Erne in Co. Fermanagh, and flew out to the Atlantic over the Irish Republic, via the "Donegal Corridor". They provided protection to North Atlantic Convoys, and hunted German Submarines that tried to attack the convoys. They were equipped with an early form of radar, which was used to find submarines on the surface at night, when they were charging their batteries.
The aircraft had taken off from RAF Pembroke Dock, and patrolled an area of the North Atlantic. It was scheduled to land at RAF Castle Archdale. This "one-way" trip would enable it to travel a further distance westwards.
It crashed into the Bluestack Mountains, Co. Donegal, during the night of 31 January 1944. Of the 12 crew members onboard, 7 were killed and 5 survived.
The Crew comprised
Howard Charles Sheffield Armstrong
Captain
Maurice Vincent Wareing
1st Pilot
Maurice Leonard Gillingham
2nd Pilot
Frederick Tom Copp
Flight Engineer.
Cyril Robinson Greenwood
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
John Ernest Parsons
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Frederick George Green
Air Gunner
The survivors included
Flying Officer Joseph George Trull [He died later]
Navigator.
Warrant Officer John Bruce Richardson
Flight Engineer.
Flight Sergeant "Jim" Arthur Gowens
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner. [d. 1976].
Sergeant Charles Stanley Hobbs
Flight Mechanic (Engines) / Air Gunner.
Sergeant "Jim" James Kenneth Gilchrist
Air Gunner [d. 2008].
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