Forrest R Cope

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-32260.jpeg UPL 32260 SSgt Forrest R Cope

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Object Number - UPL 32260 - SSgt Forrest R Cope

Sergeant Cope was Ball Turret Gunner on B-17 which was set on fire by enemy anti-aircraft on its return from Emden, Germany on 11 December 1943. Eight men parachuted from the aircraft. Two became Prisoner of War (POW), three bodies were washed ashore off the coast of Holland in the North Sea, and three bodies were never recovered. Sergeant Cope was presumed drowned in the North Sea and was declared Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Penny's Thunderhead
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Oklahoma 19 October 1922

Died

11 December 1943

Buried

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 8711 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / brother, Owen A. Cope and documents, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=680

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