Donald Eugene Pope
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-31447 'Cookie' 11-Apr-44; plane crashed into Baltic. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3811
Awards: AM (2OLC), EAME, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15019304 / O-803299
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cookie
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, USA | 15 June 1922 | Son of John Pope. |
Enlisted |
Wilkes Barre, PA | 2 November 1942 | Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania |
Died |
Baltic Sea | 11 April 1944 | |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Snetterton Heath | 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3811 / MACR 3811; Snetterton Heath pg 89 & 131 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database