Cullen Ray Cotton

Military

Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-31786 'Gin Ricky' 8-May-44; hit by enemy aircraft KO'd #3 engine, crashed Worphausen, 9 miles NE of Bremen. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 4563



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32214948 / O-677681
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jeanne Ricky
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Amite, LA 13 November 1913 Son of William A and Bertha Christelle Cotton* *Cottun or Cotton, records show both, fathers headstone is Cottun.

Enlisted

New Orleans, LA 6 August 1942 New Orleans, Louisiana

Other

Baled out POW

Worphausen, Germany 8 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-31786 'Gin Ricky' 8-May-44; hit by enemy aircraft KO'd #3 engine, crashed Worphausen, 9 miles NE of Bremen. POW MACR 4563

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 8 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

30 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

26 October 1976

Based

Great Ashfield 8 May 1944 Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Pine Ridge Cemetery Liverpool, St. Helena Parish, LA Pine Ridge Cemetery Liverpool, St Helena Parish, LA