Wayne Edgar Cope

Military
media-47507.jpeg UPL 47507 Sgt Wayne Edgar Cope, 303BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 47507 - Sgt Wayne Edgar Cope, 303BG

Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-107028. One of only 3 surviving crew members, thrown out of A/C. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5340





Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Alvin Gordon Determan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17079318 / O-753987
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-107028

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron 358th Bomb Squadron
A Bomber crew of the 303rd Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97298) nicknamed "The Floose". Printed caption on reverse: '61062 AC- Lt Cumpner and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group besides the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "The Floose". England 11 Mau 1944. US Air Force Photo.'

42-97298

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Floose
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 303rd Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Homer, Illinois, USA 3 August 1924 Son of Boyd C and Bessie [Cowell] Cope.

Enlisted

Rantoul, IL 61866, USA 19 November 1942 Chanute Field, Illinois

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

78-220 Tychowo, Poland 28 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out

Leipzig, Germany 28 May 1944 Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-107028. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5340

Died

Urbana, IL, USA 4 October 2011

Buried

GAR Cemetery Homer, Champaign County, IL 7 October 2011 GAR Cemetery Homer, Champaign County, Illinois
Champaign County, IL, USA

Based

Molesworth 28 May 1944 Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86570560/wayne-edgar-cope
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/1/28645039
https://www.fold3.com/record/84358123-wayne-e-cope
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86570560/wayne-edgar-cope

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5340 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Wayne Edgar Cope: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 30942 - Lt. Determan and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron...

Object number: UPL 47507 - Sgt Wayne Edgar Cope, 303BG