James Francis Cooper

James Francis Cooper
Flight Sergeant
1913 - 1942

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Before enlisting as a tail gunner in the Royal Air Force, James Cooper worked as an inventory clerk at a paper company and enjoyed playing tennis and golf.

During a mission to bomb Bremen, his Lancaster was hit by flak near the Dutch coast and subsequently shot down by a night fighter. The pilot managed to keep the aircraft steady long enough for four crew members to bail out. Tragically, Cooper, the pilot, and another crew member were killed.

James Cooper’s body was never found, leading to the identification and excavation of the wreckage, which lay under approximately 25 feet of water in Alde Feanen National Park. Human remains, believed to be his, were recovered in 2017.

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Beaupre, Quebec