Carl W Cook

Military

Shot down 8 November 1942 in B-17 41-24472 while serving as Co-Pilot. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-24472

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

Places

Stalag VII-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Germany 8 November 1942 - 22 May 1946 Held at Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 22-May-46. This RMC date is that contained in the NARA POW record. It may be a typographic error in the record OR indicates that this airman was in hospital in Germany and did not officially RMC until the date listed.

Died

8 April 1974

Revisions

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Added an association to Stalag 7A per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

 

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Lee Cunningham 22-Nov-2014. Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.

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Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Mission connection.

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Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor,Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs  Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 44 , MACR 16133, First Over Germany pg. 41