Charles E. Cook                                                                                   Updated: 04 JUL 2021

Airman: o888234.htm Surname: Cook Init: C E Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 731

P_link: p276.htm Plane: B17 42-39974 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Værløse Air Base

Crash_d: d090444 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

Mere end 500 amerikanske bombefly var den 9. april 1944 på bombetogt til Polen og Tyskland.
Se 8 af de tabte fly: Google Map 9APR1944 og artiklen De satte livet på spil over Sjælland, trykt i en del Sjællandske Medier 9. april 2014, også om dette fly.

B17 42-39974 nødlandede på Værløse Flyveplads her den 9. april 1944. Flyvestation Værløse blev nedlagt 1. oktober 2008.

Flyverne troede de skulle til at lande i Sverige, men Tail Gunner, S/Sgt Charles E. Cook og de andre besætningsmedlemmer landede i Danmark.
Det var Påskedag, så der var mange flag. Se hele historien ved B17 42-39974.

Pilot, 1st Lt. Ernest Lee Racener: "Fra denne dag og efter 13 måneder i en tysk fangelejr, kan jeg garantere, at der var 10 amerikanere, der lærte at
kende forskel på det danske og det svenske flag.” (FT 88-39-22)

Se tegning af besætningen på en B-17, Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner. 10 flyvere.

On 9 April 1944 more than 500 American bombers were on a bombing raid on Poland and Germany. See 8 of the lost planes: Google Map 9APR1944.

B17 42-39974 made a forced landing here on Værløse Air Base on 9 April 1944. The air base was closed on 1 October 2008.

The airmen thought they were about to land in Sweden, but Tail Gunner, S/Sgt Charles E. Cook and the other crew members landed in Denmark.
There were many flags on Easter Sunday. See all of the story at B17 42-39974.

Pilot, 1st Lt. Ernest Lee Racener: "From this day and after 13 months in a German prison camp I can guarantee that there were 10 Americans who got
to know the difference between the Danish and the Swedish flags." See Nordic Cross flags. (FT 88-39-22  Translated by KK)

See a drawing of the crew of a B-17, Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk and B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.
This B-17 belonged to  731 BS, 452 BG, 45 CBW, 3 BD, 8 AF. See 452nd Bomb Group. It took off from Deopham Green. 10 airmen.