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Cooper Russell H.

Name:
Russell H. Cooper
Rank:
Colonel
Serial Number:
O-011607
Unit:
47th Air Depot Group
Date of Death:
1944-03-15
State:
West Virginia
Cemetery:
Manila American Cemetery, Taguig, Philippines
Plot:
Walls of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:

Russell H. Cooper entered the military service in West Virginia. He resided in Wood County, West Virginia prior to the war. Russell served as a Colonel & was a Passenger on B-24D #42-41178, Headquarter's Squadron, Headquarter's Group, XX Bomber Command, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. Russell was normally assigned to Headquarter's, 47th Air Depot Group but was on flight.

B-24D #42-41178 took off, with a crew of 7 and 1 passenger, from Tezpur Airfield, Assam State, India on a reconnaissance mission bound for Cheng Tu Airfield, Szechuan Province, China. They never arrived at their destination. All on this B-24 were lost, it was March 15, 1944. Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until January 25, 1946. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.

Col. Cooper was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is also commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov