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2LT Robert Richard “Dick” Cook

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2LT Robert Richard “Dick” Cook

Birth
Hanging Grove, Jasper County, Indiana, USA
Death
24 May 1944 (aged 22)
Burial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Plot
Section A Row 16 Grave 59
Memorial ID
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450 BG / 720 BS
2LT COOK, ROBERT R. From Rensselaer, Indiana. KIA 24-5-1944 as bombardier of B-24G / #42-78226 / MACR 5648. Took off from Manduria airfield in Italy, target Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Lanau, Austria. 3 KIA / 7 POW.
450 BG / 720 BS
2LT COOK, ROBERT R. From Rensselaer, Indiana. KIA 24-5-1944 as bombardier of B-24G / #42-78226 / MACR 5648. Took off from Manduria airfield in Italy, target Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Lanau, Austria. 3 KIA / 7 POW.

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Robert R. Cook
2Lt ~ AAF ~ 720th Bomber Squadron,
450th Bomber Group, Heavy
Indiana ~ O-698870 ~ 15095982

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Entered the service from Indiana.

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  • Maintained by: A. P. Reed
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56653943/robert_richard-cook: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT Robert Richard “Dick” Cook (21 Dec 1921–24 May 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56653943, citing Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France; Maintained by A. P. Reed (contributor 48008650).