Peter Coopman

1922 - 1943  (21 years)

• Name	Peter Coopman
  Birth	1 Feb 1922	Paignton, Devon, England   [1]
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  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BR 2293a
  Reference Number	BR-J
  Death	16 Dec 1943	Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England   [2]
  	Age: 21y
  	During WW2 Peter Coopman was an RAF Sergeant Wireless operator and air gunner on Lancaster bombers. The Ulceby War Memorial records his death and that of all the crew members of two Lancaster bombers which collided mid air over Ulceby 16 December 1943. Their target was Berlin. Peter was 21 when he died and is buried ( see photograph of his tombstone) Cambridge City Cemetery 103 Squadron. Source: Post by Phil Kirby Fact Flags: Preferred
  Person ID	I7267	Jacobs
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	Bertram Frederick Coopman,   b. 11 Jan 1900   d. Between Jul 1994 and Sep 1994 (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Eliza Athalia Minia Davis,   b. Between Jan 1903 and Mar 1903, St Marylebone, London, England
  Marriage	Between Jul 1922 and Sep 1922	Hampstead, London, England   [3]
  Family ID	F2336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Joyce Peill,   b. 1917   d. 1989 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Between Jul 1943 and Sep 1943	Pershore, Worcestershire, England   [4]
  Family ID	F2337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Feb 1922 - Paignton, Devon, England Marriage - Between Jul 1943 and Sep 1943 - Pershore, Worcestershire, England Death - Age: 21y - 16 Dec 1943 - Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 20 Jan 2022, 1927 JFM Totnes 5b 199. GRO Checked Note that this is a correction to the original Birth Record [S3241] BMD - Death Index, 20 Jan 2022, 1922 OND Scunthorpe 7a 932. GRO Checked [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 20 Jan 2022, 1922 JAS Hampstead 1A 731. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 20 Jan 2022, 1943 JAS Pershore 6c 527.