Frank Gerald Coulby, son of Sidney and Mary Good Coulby of Aruvankadu, Nilgiri Hills, South India. Frank served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Whitley T4233 102 Squadron crashed at Maria-Hoop, a small hamlet in the south in The Netherlands...
Took off from RAF Topcliffe at 2258 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter (Hptm Werner Streib I./NJG1) and crashed 0119 hrs near Diergaarde (Maria-Hoop) (Limburg), 12 km SSW of Roermond, Holland. All are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery.
Crew:
Flying Officer Arthur Leslie Pullen 76016 RAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Sergeant James Bruckshaw 1053027 RAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Sergeant Frank Gerald Coulby 929219 RAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Sergeant Donald Sills 751881 RAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Sergeant John Cruickshank Newlands 999517 RAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery
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Frank Gerald Coulby, son of Sidney and Mary Good Coulby of Aruvankadu, Nilgiri Hills, South India. Frank served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Whitley T4233 102 Squadron crashed at Maria-Hoop, a small hamlet in the south in The Netherlands...
Took off from RAF Topcliffe at 2258 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter (Hptm Werner Streib I./NJG1) and crashed 0119 hrs near Diergaarde (Maria-Hoop) (Limburg), 12 km SSW of Roermond, Holland. All are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery.
Crew:
Flying Officer Arthur Leslie Pullen 76016 RAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Sergeant James Bruckshaw 1053027 RAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Sergeant Frank Gerald Coulby 929219 RAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Sergeant Donald Sills 751881 RAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Sergeant John Cruickshank Newlands 999517 RAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery
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Gravesite Details
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