Date of birth:

June 17th, 1924 (Fulham/Middlesex, England)

Date of death:

November 6th, 1944 (Germany)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Graves Odiliapeel
Grave: 3.

Service number:

1471302

Nationality:

British

Flying Officer
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
140 Sqdn.

In 1943 he joined the RAFVR and was commissioned as a navigator on 10 May. He was recruited into Number 140 Squadron which was a specialised photographic-reconnaissance unit. On 6 November 1944 he was on a mission over Germany in an unarmed Mosquito which was intercepted by German fighters. The fighters attacked and Derrick Copperwaite was killed. His pilot, Wing Commander Frederic Dobell was unharmed and managed to make an emergency landing at Volkel airbase in the Netherlands.

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