Fred T Cope Jr

Military

Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-806281
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chattanooga, TN 16 December 1921 Son of Pauline Cope.

Enlisted

Camp Forrest, TN 21 October 1942

Other

Baled out POW

West of Wiener Neustadt 26 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 26 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

19 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Hamilton County, TN 13 June 1998

Buried

Chattanooga National Cemetery, TN 18 June 1998 Chattanooga National Cemetery Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN

Based

Lucera 26 July 1944 Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF.