Couture Joseph Arthur Leo

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Joseph Arthur Leo Couture is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

ISOB Joseph A. Couture

Name:

Joseph Arthur Leo Couture

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Serial Number:

J/20061

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1944-07-21

State:

Washington

Cemetery:

Uden War Cemetery, Uden, Uden Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

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Joseph Arthur Leo Couture was born on April 14, 1921, in Saint-Boniface, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was the son of Arthur and Albina Couture, of Seattle, Washington.

Joseph enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on August 20, 1941. He served in the 578 (R.A.F.) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flight Lieutenant during World War II.

On July 21, 1944, his Halifax aircraft #MZ 617 went down during a night trip to Bottrop, Germany. Flight Lieutenant Couture was killed in this incident.