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COOPER, Leslie Joseph - Date of
birth
3 October 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-752741 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
331st Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
7 October 1944 - Place of
death
Near Bohlen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 14 | 16 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Leslie L. Cooper (father)
Margaret (Joyce) Cooper (mother)
Ruth M. (Straub) Cooper (wife)
Barry L. Cooper (son)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31925 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Goon Girl
Destination: Bohlen, Germany
MACR: 9550
More information
At approximately 12 minutes before the target was reached, enemy aircraft sudden attacked on the group of which this aircraft was a member. The entire tail of this aircraft was shot off and the plane flipped over out of control. Aircraft went down in the vicinity of the I.P.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, WWIIMemorial, Archives, www.ancestry.com - U.S.,
Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.findagrave.com - Michael Schaub, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Find a Grave, Dominique Potier, http://armyairforce.com/, www.findagrave.com - Michael Schaub (nephew of Donald Hancey KIA in same crash), Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-12, Deming AAF, New Mexico