Miles Lewis Cooley

Military

Miles Cooley was Left Waist Gunner in the 305th Bomb Group / 364th Bomber Squadron. On board B-17 #42-5232 'Available Jones' on the 4 April 1943 mission to the Renault works in Paris-Billancourt. Wounded in the plane by a Flak fragment. #42-5232 was shot down by a German fighter and crashed west of Rouen, France. Miles Cooley was immediately captured and made a Prisoner of War (POW).

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Edward Townsend Logan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19060940 and O-661855
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Jack Orcutt Luehrs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19005080
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Edward C Mescher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20942331
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Homer Hirst Mohr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11046125 and O-728226
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Oregon, United States 24 August 1919 the son of Lewis J. and Emma E. Cooley

Enlisted

Fort Lewis (Tacoma), Washington State, United States 14 October 1941 as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

Captured

near Rouen, France 4 April 1943

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Sagan, Poland 4 April 1943 Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. Force-marched to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military control 15 June 1945."
Curry County, Oregon, United States

Died

Revisions

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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MACR 15592
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15592, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p 99, NARA