JAMES M. COOPER b. 1925 Illinois d. June 9, 1944 Missing in Action/Finding of Death
North Adriatic Sea
2nd Lt O-817853
Army Air Force Group H 772nd Bomber Squad 463rd Bomber Group
Heavy
Buried Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Tablets of
the Missing, Italy
Parents: Manson M. & Margaret Frances (Mercer)
Sibling: John Charles ‘Jack’
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| 18433 Burgess |
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| 17757 Cooley |
So little is known of James Cooper at Redford or of
Lt. Cooper who flew for the Army Air Force. His parents were both born in
Indiana and they made their way to Illinois where Jim was born then on to
Michigan where Jack was born. Once in Detroit
they first lived on Philadelphia where they rented for $55/month, then moved to
Burgess where the house was only $40/mo. The war found them in a lovely house
on Cooley, behind the Methodist church on Grand River.
They flew a B-17 Flying Fortress #42-97724 pilot Capt Maj
Doyle L. Russell, co-pilot Jim Cooper. It was a crew of 10. It was part of the 463rd BG
called ‘The Swoose Group’. They flew a mission to Munich, Germany and on the
return were hit by flak and ditched in the Adriatic Sea. They were lost at 45 18N,
13 12E, over the north Adriatic. Body nonrecoverable, no further pursuit. MACR
5852. 
He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
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