Name:
Nicholas John Cook
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
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Unit:
816th Bomber Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Date of Death:
1944-07-18
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Lansing, Illinois
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Nicholas John Cook was born on January 15, 1924 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He was the son of Peter Cook and Nellie Koster Cook. He served in the 483rd Bomb Group (H), 816th Bomb Squadron as a Staff Sergeant and ball gunner on the B-17G #44-6174 Flying Fortress.
B-17G #44-6174 took off from Sterparone, Italy on July 18, 1944 on a bombing mission over Memmingen, Germany. Prior to "bombs away" they, along with 6 other B-17's, were attacked by an overwhelming number of German fighter aircraft. B-17G #44-6174, along with other B-17's, were shot down and crashed near Memmingen. He is now buried in the Oak Ridge Cemetery, Lansing, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
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