Alfred Bela Cook Jr
Military
USAAF Photo.
Object Number - UPL 7109 - Lt Vernon Richards P-51D-5NA Mustang 44-13357 "Tika IV" of the 374th FS / 361s t FG / 8th AF. Later assigned to Lt. Alfred B Cook Jr who renamed it...
Assigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Lost in P-51D 44-13357 16-Nov-44 - crashed at Kelshall on return from mission Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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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
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Tika IV, Sailor Girl Shirl
- Unit: 361st Fighter Group 374th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Orange County, TX, USA | 2 May 1920 | Son of Alfred Bela and Bobbie [Largent] Cook. |
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Enlisted |
Lake Charles Regional Airport, 500 Airport Blvd, Lake Charles, LA 70607, USA | 5 September 1942 | Lake Charles AAF Louisiana |
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Died |
Kelshall, Royston SG8 9SN, UK | 16 November 1944 | |
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Buried |
17 November 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
| Texas | |||
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Based |
Bottisham | 16 November 1944 | Assigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Combat Chronology
WW II Memoiral / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
