Jack Grady Wilson Cooper, A&M College of Texas class of 1940, KIA June 6, 1944, while serving as Pilot on a B24 conducting a mission over France.
Jack Cooper was a member of F Battery Field Artillery and the T Club, a 2-year Baseball Letterman, (led the SWC in batting average in 1938) as pictured in the 1940 Longhorn
In the early morning of June 6, 1944, three dozen B-24s took off for their target, a road and railroad crossing at Lisieux, France. During this mission, he was on the crew of the B-24 Liberator #44-40471 "No Love No Nothin".
Cloud cover forced the decision to return to England without dropping their ordnance. Somewhere over the English Channel, they collided with another B-24 (42-94789) "Moby Dick". There was a total loss of all 20 men from the combined crews, however some reports claim that one man survived.
Jack Cooper is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Brittany American Cemetery.
Jack Cooper was a member of F Battery Field Artillery and the T Club, a 2-year Baseball Letterman, (led the SWC in batting average in 1938) as pictured in the 1940 Longhorn
In the early morning of June 6, 1944, three dozen B-24s took off for their target, a road and railroad crossing at Lisieux, France. During this mission, he was on the crew of the B-24 Liberator #44-40471 "No Love No Nothin".
Cloud cover forced the decision to return to England without dropping their ordnance. Somewhere over the English Channel, they collided with another B-24 (42-94789) "Moby Dick". There was a total loss of all 20 men from the combined crews, however some reports claim that one man survived.
Jack Cooper is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Brittany American Cemetery.