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SGT Donald L Cook
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SGT Donald L Cook Veteran

Birth
New York, USA
Death
27 Dec 1944 (aged 24–25)
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Plot
Courts of the Missing
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Sergeant Cook (gunner) was lost aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-40-BW
Superfortress #42-24605, nicknamed "The Heat's On" when the bomber ditched due
to a mechanical failure of the fuel transfer system, [location not specified]
returning from mission over Japan.
Eight crew killed, four survived.
Served with the 498th Bomb Group.

Son of Rolla J. and Rena Cook.
From Oswego Center, New York.
Sergeant Cook (gunner) was lost aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-40-BW
Superfortress #42-24605, nicknamed "The Heat's On" when the bomber ditched due
to a mechanical failure of the fuel transfer system, [location not specified]
returning from mission over Japan.
Eight crew killed, four survived.
Served with the 498th Bomb Group.

Son of Rolla J. and Rena Cook.
From Oswego Center, New York.

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from New York.


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