Alvin Beauford Cooter
MilitaryAssigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EMEA.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Tarrant County, TX, USA | 20 February 1924 | |
Enlisted |
Dallas, TX, USA | 9 October 1942 | |
Other Crashed |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK | 25 April 1945 | Landing Accident Wormingford/Sta 159 Cat 3 damage 2Lt Alvin B Cooter, 25-Apr-45. P-51B 43-6319W - OT 55FG 8AF |
Other Crashed |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK | 6 May 1945 | Landing Accident Wormingford/Sta 159 Cat 3 damage 2Lt Alvin B Cooter, 6-May-45. P-51D 44-14130 - 343FS 55FG 8AF |
Based |
Raydon | 6 July 1945 - 19 September 1945 | Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other End Tour Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 19 September 1945 | Ended Tour Duty (ETD). |
Died |
Dallas County, TX, USA | 13 October 1986 | |
Buried |
Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home, 7405 W Northwest Hwy, Dallas, TX 75225, USA | Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park Dallas, Dallas County, TX | |
Based |
Wormingford | 6 July 1945 | Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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