Name:
Robert Moore Cooper
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
13133675
Unit:
360th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-06-22
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Beechwoods Cemetery, Pennsylvania
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
SSgt Robert Moore Cooper, tail gunner of the B-17 42-31432 “Old Glory”, took off from Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, UK on a bombing mission over Lille’s railroad infrastructure. SSgt Cooper died when his plane crashed after being hit by German flak at 1900.