Cullen Ray Cotton
MilitaryAssigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-31786 'Gin Ricky' 8-May-44; hit by enemy aircraft KO'd #3 engine, crashed Worphausen, 9 miles NE of Bremen. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 4563
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32214948 / O-677681
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jeanne Ricky
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Amite, LA | 13 November 1913 | Son of William A and Bertha Christelle Cotton* *Cottun or Cotton, records show both, fathers headstone is Cottun. |
Enlisted |
New Orleans, LA | 6 August 1942 | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Other Baled out POW |
Worphausen, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-31786 'Gin Ricky' 8-May-44; hit by enemy aircraft KO'd #3 engine, crashed Worphausen, 9 miles NE of Bremen. POW MACR 4563 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 8 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
30 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
26 October 1976 | ||
Based |
Great Ashfield | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Pine Ridge Cemetery Liverpool, St. Helena Parish, LA | Pine Ridge Cemetery Liverpool, St Helena Parish, LA |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/55764436-cullen-cotton
https://www.fold3.com/record/84835028-cullen-r-cottun
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https://www.fold3.com/record/624599529-cullen-cotton-1913
http://www.dgcotton.com/home/grpf03202.html
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?f=645&mtch=1&q…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43254163/cullen-ray-cotton
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4563 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database