Miles Lewis Cooley
MilitaryMiles Cooley was Left Waist Gunner in the 305th Bomb Group / 364th Bomber Squadron. On board B-17 #42-5232 'Available Jones' on the 4 April 1943 mission to the Renault works in Paris-Billancourt. Wounded in the plane by a Flak fragment. #42-5232 was shot down by a German fighter and crashed west of Rouen, France. Miles Cooley was immediately captured and made a Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18026632 and O-726136
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32310842
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12044600
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15071759
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17027987 and O-437774
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Available Jones
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 April 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Oregon, United States | 24 August 1919 | the son of Lewis J. and Emma E. Cooley |
Enlisted |
Fort Lewis (Tacoma), Washington State, United States | 14 October 1941 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
Other Captured |
near Rouen, France | 4 April 1943 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Sagan, Poland | 4 April 1943 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. Force-marched to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military control 15 June 1945." |
Curry County, Oregon, United States | |||
Died |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15592, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p 99, NARA