Louis Cooper
Military | First Lieutenant | 401st Bomb Group
1st Lt Louis E. Cooper flew 34 missions, from 08/08/1944, mission #125, to 01/01/1945, mission #189. He served as a Pilot.
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Military
Harry Maroncelli served as a ball turret gunner with the 401st Bomb Group, flying missions out of Deenethorpe, England. He completed 34 combat missions.
Military | First Lieutenant | 401st Bomb Group
1st Lt Louis E. Cooper flew 34 missions, from 08/08/1944, mission #125, to 01/01/1945, mission #189. He served as a Pilot.
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Group
The 401st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Deenethorpe, Northamptonshire, from November 1943 to June 1945. Starting their missions at that time meant the focus was very much on the coming invasion attempt of France planned for the following...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 14/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-R] Deenethorpe 10/6/44; 613BS [IN-R]; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; Sth Plains 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14...
Military site : airfield
Deenethorpe was a base purpose-built for American heavy bombers, with the Class A regulation 2,000 and 1,400-yard runways. All the buildings on site,such as the accommodation and administrative blocks, were temporary. In December 1943, several local...
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15 February 2019 20:05:23 | RayWells | Changes to aircraft associations |
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Courtesy of The 8th AF Historical society |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
13 March 2017 11:53:21 | Lucy May | Changes to role, biography, person associations and place associations |
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27 September 2014 18:12:24 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1463 |