Arthur G Cook
Military ROLL OF HONOURFr: Horst, Frank Wright CP, John Joplin N, Henry Schmitz B.
Bk: William Osgood e, Arthur Cook, ro, Laurel Kloster bt, Edward Justice wg, Edward Ryan wg, Joe Threlkeld, tg via http://www.8thafhsoregon.com/archive/306th/index.aspx
Associated people.
He flew on Rudolph Horst crew. Reported to the ETO on 01 Dec 1943.
Last seen near Bonn, GR on a mission to the JU88 plant at Bernburg, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39935. Presumed crashed in North Sea. KIA.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
22 February 1944 | ||
Born |
Brockton, Massachusetts, USA | ||
Buried/ Commemorated |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 22 February 1944 |
Revisions
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "North" was misspelled.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2651 / MACR 2651, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, First Over Germany pg. 217, http: / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…