Donald L Cooper
MilitaryShot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 #4231691. Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lassie
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 13 April 1944
- Date: 28 March 1944
- Date: 27 March 1944
- Date: 23 March 1944
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408680.jpg.webp?itok=47P7nfd_)
- Date: 22 March 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Germany | 13 April 1944 |
Revisions
ContributorWestor
Changes
Sources
From my father's records and verified by 390th Memorial Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3948 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database