42-8395 Cookie
P-47D-2-RE #42-8395 [YJ-S] "Cookie" was asssigned to the 353FS/351FS at Metfield, UK. On 25 November 1943 the aircraft, piloted by LTC Loren G. McCollom (Commanding Officer 353FG), was despatched with other P-47s from the 353FG to attack the German airfield of Ft. Rouge at St. Omer, France. This was the first such operation flown by VIII Fighter Cammand. The aircraft took a direct hit from Flak and burst into flames, but LTC McCollom was seen to bail out and landed near Lumbres, his Thunderbolt crashing a little over 10km further to the SE at Ecques, Pas-de-Calais, France. Captured and made a Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1445.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
- Service Numbers: 14023776 / O-420827
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron Headquarters (353rd Fighter Group) Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-393150
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer, Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 25 November 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Ecques, France | 25 November 1943 | Sustained a direct hit from flak during fighter/bomber attack on the German airfield of Ft. Rouge at St. Omer, France. Crashed in the center of Ecques, 12km SE of Lumbres, France. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 15-Jul-2015. Added Nickname , Markings and Desscription based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added FTR event per MACR 1445, Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data.
MACR 1446 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database