Individual Personnel Data
| Name |
Cook, Roy Wendell ‡
|
| Rank |
Sergeant |
| Serial Number |
39274992 ‡ |
| Unit Assignments |
Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #40, effective 28 February 1944. |
| Duty |
Tail Gunner |
| MOS | 612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner |
| Last Duty Date |
16 March 1944 |
| Results |
Prisoner Of War
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
| Additional Information | |
| Related Documents |
Missing Air Crew Report # 3243⇓ (33.507 MB) |
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 1
Combat Mission.
| Number |
Date |
Target |
Position |
Aircraft |
Mission/Sortie Information |
|
71⇗ |
4 March 1944 |
Type: Military
Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner |
42‑97449⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back because of oxygen system damage; filler line on ball turret was torn off.
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
72⇗ |
6 March 1944 |
Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner |
42‑37758⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing.
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
75⇗ |
16 March 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Tail Gunner |
42‑37801⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Aircraft observed jettisoning bombs and stayed in formation until target was reached where he left formation with all four engines going and appeared to be diving down into the low group; apparently damaged by flak; crashed near Lhuître, France. MACR 3243
Sortie Report⇗ |
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