Harry Cottingham

Military
media-22986.jpeg UPL 22986 Consolidated B-24D Liberator 41-23672 'Double Trouble' 328th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF.

NARA Ref 3A45218-3A46062.

Rear L-R: 2nd Lt Gerald G Gray, 2nd Lt Frank T Lewis, Lt Bernard Abels and Capt Benjamin F Riggs.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Edwin J Malloy, S/Sgt George R Creadon, T/Sgt Stephen V Meddling, S/Sgt Michael J Reilly, T/Sgt Marlin E Staller and S/Sgt Harry Cottingham.

Object Number - UPL 22986 - Consolidated B-24D Liberator 41-23672 'Double Trouble' 328th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. NARA Ref 3A45218-3A46062. Rear L-R: 2nd Lt Gerald G Gray,...

Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Sousse, Tunisia in B-24 41-23672 'Double Trouble' 19-Jan-43; shot down and crashed in the sea near the coast of Tunisia 19-Jan-43. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15484



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Double Trouble
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ravenna, Nebraska 5 October 1915 Son of Ethelbert Lee and Maude Olivia [Kerns] Cottingham.

Enlisted

Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, CA 21 November 1941 Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California

Died

Killed in action

Off Tunisian coast 19 January 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Sousse, Tunisia in B-24 41-23672 'Double Trouble' 19-Jan-43; shot down and crashed in the sea near the coast of Tunisia Killed in Action (KIA)

Buried

North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Carthage, Tunis

Based

Hardwick 19 January 1943 Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

ABMC, Niece, MACR 15484, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 64 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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