Patrick Henry Cook

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media-13961.jpeg UPL 13961 Belle of Boston, 42-52404

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Object Number - UPL 13961 - Belle of Boston, 42-52404

Killed in Action (KIA) on mission to Brunswick, Germany

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-52404

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Belle of Boston
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

West Virginia, USA 4 November 1910

Died

Court Hill, Norwich, Norfolk NR12, UK 8 May 1944

Buried

San Mateo County, CA, USA Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno San Mateo County California, USA Plot: Section C Site 639

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history & Page 274 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 & 458bg.com, Kingsley  crew, crew member list & picture included

Patrick Henry Cook: Gallery (4 items)

Object number: UPL 13961 - Belle of Boston, 42-52404

Object number: UPL 13962 - Paul E Kingsley Crew, Belle of Boston, 42-52404...

Object number: UPL 13963 - Paul E Kingsley (left) and Arthur Doyle

Object number: UPL 13964 - Frettenham Village Hall