Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 301st Bomb Group
Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7141.
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.
Units served with
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Group
Activated 3-February-1942 at Geiger Field, Washington and equipped with B-17s. On 27-May-1942 the ground unit moved to Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, and the aircraft went to Muroc Army Air Field (now Edwards Air Force Base), California for...
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Aircraft
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 25/5/44; Hunter 20/6/44; Dow Fd 30/6/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG Lucera 9/7/44; Missing in Action Wiener Neudorf 26/7/44 with Rich Luebke, Co-pilot: Thomas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Darling (3 Killed in Action); Navigator:...
Events
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Location |
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Born |
Chattanooga, TN |
16 December 1921 |
Son of Pauline Cope.
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Enlisted |
Camp Forrest, TN |
21 October 1942 |
Based |
Lucera |
1944 – 26 July 1944 |
Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF.
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Baled out POW |
West of Wiener Neustadt |
26 July 1944 |
Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141
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Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland |
26 July 1944 – May 1945 |
Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.
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Discharged USAAF |
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19 October 1945 |
Honourable discharge.
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Died |
Hamilton County, TN |
13 June 1998 |
Buried |
Chattanooga National Cemetery, TN |
18 June 1998 |
Chattanooga National Cemetery
Chattanooga,
Hamilton County, TN
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