Charles Albert Cook Jr
Military
Note: Blakeslee's name is written on the left side of his life jacket.
Object Number - UPL 19123 - 133 Eagle Squadron pilots during Operation Jubilee. 19 August 1942. Left to right: Chesley Robertson, Bill Arends, Charles Cook, Edwin "Jessie"...
Joined RAFVR, Spartan Aeronautical College, assigned to 133S, transfer to 336th FS, 4th FG 8AF USAAF, shot down 26 September 1942 in Spitfire IX BR640. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 September 1942
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
- Site type: Memorial
Events
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Other Transferred |
14 September 1942 - 26 September 1942 | Transferred to 336th FS, 4th FG 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 26 September 1942 - 8 May 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft III, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) later moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 8-May-45. |
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Other Shot down |
Brest, France | 26 September 1942 | Shot down 26-9-42 in Spitfire IX BR640. |
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Other Joined RAFVR |
Canada | Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. | |
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Other Assigned |
14 September 1942 | Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. | |
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Other Service pilot training |
Tulsa, OK, USA | Service pilot training. Spartan Aeronautical College. | |
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Died |
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Buried |
Parkersburg, WV, USA | Mount Olivet Cemetery Parkersburg Wood County West Virginia, USA |
Revisions
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3526
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=cook&GSfn=charles…;
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3526
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=cook&GSfn=charles…;
Lee Cunningham 28-Oct-2014. Added mission association within web site data.
Lee Cunningham 22-Oct-2014. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) POW database.
Lee Cunningham 22-Oct-2014. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) POW database.
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 Air Forces by Bishop and Hey, p. 32
