44-13357 Tika IV, Sailor Girl Shirl
Alfred Bela Cook Jr
Assigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Lost in P-51D 44-13357 16-Nov-44 - crashed at Kelshall on return from mission Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Unit 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group
Rank Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death November 16 1944
Buried Plot F Row 5 Grave 42
Cambridge American Cemetery
THE 361ST FIGHTER GROUP
The last P-47 Thunderbolt Group to join the Eighth Air Force. Between 21 January 1944 and 20 April 1945, the Group flew 441 missions, the majority in an escort role in support of bombers flying over occupied Europe. The Group also carried out dive-bombing missions of strategic targets in support of the Normandy invasion and battles being fought by ground forces moving eastwards. The Group also sent a detachment to France to support the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944 to January 1945).
Alfred Bela Cook Jr
Assigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Lost in P-51D 44-13357 16-Nov-44 - crashed at Kelshall on return from mission Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Unit 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group
Rank Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death November 16 1944
Buried Plot F Row 5 Grave 42
Cambridge American Cemetery
THE 361ST FIGHTER GROUP
The last P-47 Thunderbolt Group to join the Eighth Air Force. Between 21 January 1944 and 20 April 1945, the Group flew 441 missions, the majority in an escort role in support of bombers flying over occupied Europe. The Group also carried out dive-bombing missions of strategic targets in support of the Normandy invasion and battles being fought by ground forces moving eastwards. The Group also sent a detachment to France to support the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944 to January 1945).
44-13357 Tika IV, Sailor Girl Shirl
Alfred Bela Cook Jr
Assigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Lost in P-51D 44-13357 16-Nov-44 - crashed at Kelshall on return from mission Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Unit 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group
Rank Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death November 16 1944
Buried Plot F Row 5 Grave 42
Cambridge American Cemetery
THE 361ST FIGHTER GROUP
The last P-47 Thunderbolt Group to join the Eighth Air Force. Between 21 January 1944 and 20 April 1945, the Group flew 441 missions, the majority in an escort role in support of bombers flying over occupied Europe. The Group also carried out dive-bombing missions of strategic targets in support of the Normandy invasion and battles being fought by ground forces moving eastwards. The Group also sent a detachment to France to support the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944 to January 1945).
Alfred Bela Cook Jr
Assigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Lost in P-51D 44-13357 16-Nov-44 - crashed at Kelshall on return from mission Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Unit 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group
Rank Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death November 16 1944
Buried Plot F Row 5 Grave 42
Cambridge American Cemetery
THE 361ST FIGHTER GROUP
The last P-47 Thunderbolt Group to join the Eighth Air Force. Between 21 January 1944 and 20 April 1945, the Group flew 441 missions, the majority in an escort role in support of bombers flying over occupied Europe. The Group also carried out dive-bombing missions of strategic targets in support of the Normandy invasion and battles being fought by ground forces moving eastwards. The Group also sent a detachment to France to support the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944 to January 1945).
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Entered the service from Texas.
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