World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Bruce Adams Coukell
Hometown
High Bridge, New Jersey
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR OBSERVER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A TRAINING EXERCISE AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 17 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS BRISTOL BLENHEIM MK. IV (R3875) CRASHED AT CRESSAGE, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1941. BURIED AT ST. MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, SHAWBURY, SHORPSHIRE, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED AT EVERGREEN CEMETERY, CLINTON, HUNTERDON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.