Edwin D Cook
MilitaryAssigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Hannover, crashed near Nienburg on 19-May-44 in P-47D 43-25294 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 5103.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
![Ground crew of the 356th Fighter Group congratulate the pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Zombie" at Martlesham Heath air base. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ZOMBIE yellow, black outline. [illegible text] black white common practice of 361st FS.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377162.jpg.webp?itok=Cj8CR9kY)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wyoming County, WV, USA | 8 September 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Newport, KY 41071, USA | 16 February 1942 | Fort Thomas Newport, KY |
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Other Crashed |
Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | 26 April 1944 | Landing accident Martlesham Heath Cat 3 damage, pilot 2nd Lt Edwin D Cook, 26-Apr-44. HQ Sqn 85th SerG 8AF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 19 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Baled out |
31582 Nienburg, Germany | 19 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Hannover, crashed near Nienburg on 19-May-44 in P-47D 43-25294 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 5103. |
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Died |
Glen Rogers, WV 25848, USA | 16 February 1993 | |
| Glen Rogers, WV 25848, USA | |||
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Based |
Martlesham Heath | 19 May 1944 | Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5103 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list