Harry F Cooper
Military
Front, from left to right : Pilot Thomas A. Pirtle ; Pirtle’s regular Co-Pilot (name unknown ; was not on board 42-38029 when it went down 8 March 1944 and had been replaced by Lt Paul H. Schlintz for that mission) ; Milton W. Stern, Navigator ; Harry F. Cooper, Bombardier.
(Positions in photo determined after a telephone conversation with James W. Warren 30 December 2016)
Added photo of Lt Thomas A. Pirtle's original crew
Object Number - UPL 25806 - Standing, from left to right George W. Cassody, Engineer/Top Turret gunner ; James W. Warren, Right Waist gunner ; James C. Estep Jr, Left Waist...
Damaged by ME109s on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-38029 crashed near Lettele, Holland. Evaded (EVD). Liberated in Sep 1944.
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
7 June 1905 | ||
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Born |
Sacramento, California, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 March 1944 |
Revisions
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 3002, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3002 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
