Clyde W Cosper
MilitaryReported to group on 11 Sept 1943. Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 7 missions from 08 Oct to 05 Nov 1943. On takeoff from base on mission to Bremen on 13 Nov 1943, mission was recalled due to weather. B-17 42-31038 was hit with severe turbulence in a thunderhead, going into a spin and losing several thousand feet in altitude. Lt. Cosper recovered control and ordered the crew to bale out. He landed in a field at Longwick. The A/C immediately caught fire, exploded fatally. For his actions, he was awarded the Silver Star. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: SS, AM, PH.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20745381
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Texas | 1 May 1922 | Jacob Thomas and Miriam [Moss] Cosper. |
Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 16 October 1939 | |
Other Pilot training |
Blackland AAF, Waco, TX | 16 February 1943 | Graduated Pilot Class 43B; Awarded wings as F/O; Blackland AAF, Waco 16-Feb-43. |
Based |
Thurleigh | 11 September 1943 - 13 November 1943 | Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Longwick, UK | 13 November 1943 | Force landing of B-17 42-31038; Killed in subsequent fire / explosion. Killed in Action (KIA). |
Buried |
14 November 1943 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
Buried |
Dodd City Cemetery, TX | Re-Interred Dodd City Cemetery Dodd City, TX | |
Other Pilot training |
Curtis Field, Brady, TX | Primary Flight training - Class 43A Curtis Field, Brady, TX | |
Other Memorialised |
Princes Risborough, UK | Princes Risborough Town Centre |
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Combat Chronology Supplement p. 205, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 371, First Over Germany pg. 177, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…