Nicholas John Cook
MilitaryAssigned to 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen 18-May-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Memmingen; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6975.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20135506 / O-803820
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Chievious
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Howard, IL | 15 January 1924 | Son of Peter and Nellie [Koster] Cook. |
Died |
Memmingen, Germany | 18 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen 18-May-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Memmingen; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6975. |
Buried |
Buchenburg, Germany | 19 May 1944 | Interred Buchenburg Cemetery |
Buried |
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Lansing, IL | Re-Interred Oak Ridge Cemetery Lansing, Cook County, IL | |
Based |
Sterparone | 18 May 1944 | Assigned to 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. |