Priesley Paul Cooper Jr
Military
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UPL 53783
2nd Lt Priesley Paul Cooper Jr, 52FG
USAAF Photo
Assigned to 5FS, 52FG, 15AF USAAF. 22-Feb-45: Having escorted bombers to the Ulm area, killed while strafing ground targets near Dietingen, Germany. German eye witnesses reported the aircraft being hit by flak. Baling out at about 400 feet the parachute caught on the tail and Lt Cooper was dragged to his death by the falling airplane which crashed near Schloss Hohenstein, Rottweil, Germany.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Houston, TX | 2 November 1924 | Son of Priesley P Cooper Sr |
Died |
Dietingen, Germany | 22 February 1945 | |
Enlisted |
Harris County, TX | Harris County, Texas | |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot C, Row 27, Grave 2 | |
Other Training |
15 April 1944 | Commissioned at Eagle Pass Field 15-Apr-44 and received the final phase of his training at Harding Field, La. He went overseas in the early fall of 1944. | |
Based |
22 February 1945 | Assigned to 5FS, 52FG, 15AF USAAF. |
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Sources
ABMC, Fields of Honor database and information provided by Guido Osterheider