Emory C Cook
MilitaryOn August 9th [1944] the heavy bombers of the 1st ATF, 1st BD, struck targets in Munich. We furnished ramrod support maintaining escort around the target. At 1100 in the vicinity of Measbach, Lt’s Keesey and F/O Cook started a diving attack on 30 unidentified s/e enemy aircraft flying at 20,000 feet. 30 FW 190s at 30,000 feet started after our aircraft which immediately pulled up into the top cover. Lt. Keesey succeeded in destroying one of the attacking FW 190s. F/O Cook got strikes on an unidentified s/e enemy aircraft damaging it. R/V and escort was made extremely difficult by several layers of strata form clouds extending to 30,000 feet. Huge oil fires were observed at Karlshrue on the way in. The bombers were observed dropping their bombs over Munich but the targets could not be seen due to weather conditions. 359th Fighter Group collection
Photo courtesy Robert B. Hatter.
Archived by Char Baldridge, Historian, 359th Fighter Group Association.
Posted by Janet Fogg, 359th Fighter Group Historian.
Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x kill. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Based Promotion |
East Wretham | 10 June 1944 - 3 January 1945 | Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
23 December 1944 | E/A destroyed 23-Dec-44. | |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 3 January 1945 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
Waterford, Connecticut | |||
Other Promotion |
Wretham, Thetford IP24, UK | Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. | |
Other Promotion |
Wretham, Thetford IP24, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Revisions
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_359.php
359th Fighter Group, 1943-1945 By Thomas H. Raines
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit History