World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Joseph Arthur Leo Couture
Hometown
Seattle, Washington
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT LIEUTENANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 578 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK. III (MZ617) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER AND CRASHED AT HERPEN, NORTH BRABANT, THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BOTTROP, GERMANY ON JULY 21, 1944. BURIED AT UDEN WAR CEMETERY, UDEN, NORTH BRABANT, THE NETHERLANDS.