Warren Charles Cooley
MilitaryClass of 44-B at Foster Field, TX; Fighter Pilot School at Bruning AFB, Neb. ; in England 8/44-12/44; flew P-47s & P-51s in 32 missions; memory of 12/26/44 -- flight leader of Blue Flt. into Battle of the Bulge area, pursued Fw190s into Germany, shot down 2 & was hit by flak over a German air field, n. w. of Cologne, captured by German civilians & beaten but rescued by Ger. soldiers, taken & interrogated at Dulag Luft then sent to Stalg Luft I for 4 months, liberated by Russians but still prisoner for awhile till air lifted to Camp Lucky Strike in France; 6 from the 359th FS returned to Martlesham - Capt. Tarbutton, Lt. Wong, Lt. Baite, Lt. Hull, Lt. Beach & Cooley
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Units served with
- 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 |
6 July 1922 | Son of Warren C Snr and Elsa F Cooley. | |
Based |
22 August 1944 - 26 November 1944 | Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Other Crashed |
31 August 1944 | Take Off Accident Martlesham Heath/Sta 369 Cat 3 damage Lt Warren C Cooley, 31-Aug-44. P-47D 42-8549 - 359FS 356FG 8AF | |
Other Promotion |
26 November 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Other Hit by flak Baled out |
26 November 1944 | Hit by flak in P-51D 44-15029 over a German air field, NW of Cologne. Baled out POW. MACR 11078. | |
Other Crashed |
15 December 1944 | Take Off Accident Martlesham Heath/Sta 369 Cat 3 damage Lt Warren C Cooley, 15-Dec-44. P-51D 44-15181 - 359FS 356FG 8AF | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
26 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. | |
Died |
28 December 2001 | ||
Buried |
Cashion Cemetery Cashion, Kingfisher County, OK | ||
Born Prisoner of War (POW) |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7836857/warren-c.-cooley
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11078 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self MACR 11078