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Personal info

Full name
COHEN, Stanley
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-667392
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
525th Bombardment Squadron,
379th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 June 1943
Place of death
Oldenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 11 26

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Cohen (father)
Esther Cohen (mother)
Amelia Cohen (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-29864
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Hamburg, Germany
MACR: 1759

More information

The airplane was attacked by German fighters.

According to crew members who survived, the pilot attempted to get the airplane to crash land and save the wounded crew but it blew up in mid-air.

Two crew members were taken prisoner, eight men were killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree