Joe Prentis Cooper
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 60878 - T/Sgt Joe P. Cooper
Assigned to 577BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 12-Sep-44 in B-24 42-50758. YWCA The Flying Saucer/ Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![A pathfinder B-24 Liberator of the 577th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Note radar gear under nose/cockpit area!' Handwritten and printed caption on reverse: '392BG 577SQ.' On reverse: John E. Bode Aug 05 1964 [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-414153.jpg.webp?itok=qGPtoDSE)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Y.M.C.A Flying Service
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Belmont, Louisiana | 20 December 1921 | Born Belmont, Louisiana |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Hannover-Minden, Germany | 12 September 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) Hannover-Minden, Germany |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Liège, Belgium | 1 January 1946 | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium |
Revisions
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Changes
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Sources
ABMC, MACR 8852 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8852 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
