Military
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.
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.
The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force.
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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...
Squadron
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:...
Other location
Military site : airfield
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| Born | Chattanooga, TN | 16 December 1921 |
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Son of Pauline Cope. |
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| Enlisted | Camp Forrest, TN | 21 October 1942 |
| Based | Lucera | 1944 – 26 July 1944 |
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Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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| Baled out POW | West of Wiener Neustadt | 26 July 1944 |
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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 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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| Discharged USAAF | 19 October 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | Hamilton County, TN | 13 June 1998 |
| Buried | Chattanooga National Cemetery, TN | 18 June 1998 |
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Chattanooga National Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 November 2018 21:42:20 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, suffix, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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