Cook, Jack Coleman

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Cook, Jack Coleman ‡ ⇗
Rank	Private / Sergeant
Serial Number	38601019 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #8 dated 9 January 1945, effective 9 January 1945.
Duty	Ball Turret Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	3 February 1945
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Greenwood Cemetery, Hot Springs, Arkansas: Block C
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 18 October 1925 Promoted to Sergeant effective 1 February 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #25 dated 1 February 1945. Ditched while returning from 3 February 1945 mission. Rescued but died from the effects of exposure to the cold North Sea.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 15315⇓ (25.934 MB) Minor Accident of War⇗ Jack C. Cook - Individual Deceased Personnel File⇓ (1.277 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Long, Robert Clay⇗	Pilot	KIA
2nd Lt. Vrana, Ralph John⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Field, Edward (NMI)⇗	Navigator	FCMEW
CPL. Rudolph, Marvin Irving⇗	Togglier	CT
CPL. Maki, Fred Arnold⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	MIA
SGT. Oglesby, Howard Jasper⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
PVT. Cook, Jack Coleman	Ball Turret Gunner	KIA
CPL. Davis, Thomas Arnold⇗	Tail Gunner	TR
CPL. Duncan, Donald Ramsey⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 3 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
262⇗	29 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Siegen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
263⇗	1 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38766⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
264⇗	3 February 1945	Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102501⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Aircraft left formation after bombs away with one engine feathered, damaged by flak. Sortie Report⇗

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