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F/O Thomas Paul Michael COOPERS-LIPPER (41555) DFC
— No. 605 Squadron.
Gazetted on 26 November 1940 - Flying Officer Cooper-Slipper
has displayed great skill and daring in air combat. On one occasion he
deliberately rammed and destroyed a hostile aircraft after his own controls
had been practically shot away. He has destroyed seven enemy aircraft
and damaged three others.
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Born 11 January 1921 at Kinver, Staffordshire
Educated at King Edward VI Grammar School,
in Stourbridge, Worcestershire England
Joined the RAF in 1938
Got wings in May 1939
P/O on probation 10 Nov 1939
F/O 15 Nov 1940
F/L 29 August 1941
Married Margaret "Rita" Brown 5 Nov 1941
S/L (temp) 1 July 1944
Transferred to the reserves in 1945
Flew against the Germans at Dunkirk and during the BoB
and the Japanese in the Far East
Becoming an ace against both
Captured by the Japanese but escaped
Subsequently being severely injured by a land mine
Immigrated to Canada in 1947
Test Pilot for Avro
Inducted into the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame in 2003
Died February 23, 2004, aged 83
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Test Pilot Cooper-Slipper
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Cooper-Slipper, while testing the Orenda Iroquois engine, with Len Hobbs
& Johnny McLaughlin
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Known Victories Include :
22 May 1940
25 May 1940
26 May 1940
15 Sept. 1940
27 Sept
22 Jan 1942
?? ?? ??
?? ?? ??
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1/2 He111
one Ju87
one Ju88
one Do17
one Me109
two Mi G3M
3 Mi G3Ms
one Ju188 |
destroyed
destroyed
destroyed
destroyed
damaged
destroyed
destroyed
damaged |
Rammed it then bailed out
unknown dates
unknown date
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Very good ARTICLE
on Mike
Read a good obituary
at the Times
CAHF
Test
Pilot
--- Canadian Aces ---
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On these pages I use info from the Air force Association of Canada's web site
in Hugh Halliday's excellent Honors & Awards section,
Newspaper articles via the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC)
as well as other sources both published and private
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