Carl W Cook
MilitaryShot down 8 November 1942 in B-17 41-24472 while serving as Co-Pilot. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 8 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 8 November 1942 - 22 May 1946 | Held at Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 22-May-46. This RMC date is that contained in the NARA POW record. It may be a typographic error in the record OR indicates that this airman was in hospital in Germany and did not officially RMC until the date listed. |
Died |
8 April 1974 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to Stalag 7A per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 22-Nov-2014. Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor,Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 44 , MACR 16133, First Over Germany pg. 41