Donald W Cooper
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 Fw190. Shot down by fighters on a bomber escort mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR and crashed near St Aignan, FR in P-38J 42-67718 on 11 Feb 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Epinal American Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Chicago, IL, USA | 8 April 1942 | |
Other Crashed |
King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK | 29 January 1944 | Taxiing Accident King's Cliffe/Sta 367 Cat 4 damage 2Lt Donald W Cooper, 29-Jan-44. P-38J 42-67521 - 79FS 20FG 8AF |
Died |
41110 Saint-Aignan, France | 11 February 1944 | Shot down by fighters on a bomber escort mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR and crashed near St Aignan, FR in P-38J 42-67718 on 11 Feb 1944. Killed in Action (KIA). |
Buried |
41110 Saint-Aignan, France | 14 February 1944 | Interred St Aignan cemetery |
Born |
Chicago, Illinois, USA | ||
Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | |
Born |
Cook County, IL, USA | ||
Based |
Kings Cliffe | 11 February 1944 | Assigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56371772/donald-w-cooper
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2159 / MACR 2159, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol 2 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list