Born at Mitchell, Ontario, 2 August 1921. Home in Windsor, Ontario; enlisted there 7 October 1941. Trained at No.2 ITS (graduated 4 June 1941), No.16 EFTS (graduated 27 July 1941) and No.10 SFTS (graduated 24 October 1941); awarded wings on 24 October 1941. Arrived in UK, II November 1941. Commissioned 1942. Served in Nos.118, 421, and 443 Squadrons; commissioned 20 May 1941 Killed in automobile accident, Germany, 7 June 1945. 443 Hornet Squadron (Our Sting Is Death). S/L De Courcy died in a car accident twenty miles south-west of Hamburg at Trelde, Germany. He had been injured in a car accident in the United Kingdom on February 7, 1942. Addendum: - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.443 Squadron (deceased) - Award effective 26 June 1945 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 1291/45 dated 10 August 1945. The citation reads - "Squadron Leader De Courcy has participated in a very large number of varied sorties. He has invariably displayed a high degree of skill and courage and throughout his devotion to duty had been unfailing. In April 1945, this officer led the squadron in an operation against the airfields at Schwerin and Neudstadt where numerous aircraft and much mechanical transport were most effectively attacked. By his skillful leadership Squadron Leader De Courcy has contributed materially to the success achieved. In air fighting this officer has been responsible for the destruction of three enemy aircraft." Detail provided by H. Halliday, Orleans, Ontario.

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