COPP Max - 429 BS 2 BGH

 

Max COPP

 

COPP Max - 429 BS 2 BGH

Source : Andy

NUMBER OF SERVICE17091970
AGE24 yo
DATE OF BIRTH2 August 1919 COLORADO 
ENLISTMENT STATECOLORADO
FAMILY

Parents : Joseph & Sadie COPP

RANK
Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant
FONCTIONWaist Gunner 
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTSemiskilled mechanics and repairmen, motor vehicles co
DATE of ENLISTEMENT13 November 1942 Pueblo COLORADO 
 SQUADRON429th Bomber Squadron 
 GROUP2nd Bomber Group Heavy 
ARMY15th  Air Force 
DATE OF DEATH4 February 1944

COPP Max - 429 BS 2 BGH

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STATUSMIA
PLACE OF DEATH At sea, off the Côte d’Azur
PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN

B-17 F Flying Fortress # 42-29903

"High Tension II"

b17

CEMETERYRHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan

Map of Rhône American Cemetery

GRAVE
Wall of the Missing
DECORATION & BREVET

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

 Air-Force Gunner Wings

 

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 Aerial Gunner Badge

 
usaf 15af 2bgh 429bs
 
STORY

Killed In Action were: 


1st Lt. Rutherfurd G BINGHAM, Pilot
2nd Lt. Dabney H LEA, Jr, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Laurence T ARMSTRONG, Navigator
2nd Lt. Hamilton M LAMB, Bombardier
SSgt. Max COPP, Waist Gunner
TSgt. Corbin M DOOLITTLE, Engineer &  Gunner
TSgt. John M LAWRY, Radio Operator
SSgt. Frederick M LEMON, Jr , Waist Gunner
SSgt. Rex D POWER, Tail Gunner
SSgt. Robert K SLOCUM, Ball Turret Gunner.

 		 Max Copp was born August 2, 1919 in Pueblo, Colorado to Joseph Copp (1887-1932) and Sadie Copp (1893-1971). Joseph and Sadie had three sons.
Max attended and graduated from Centennial High, Pueblo in 1937, participating in R.O.T.C. He was employed with CF&I Steelworks and Rosen's Clothing Store. On October 16, 1940 he registered for the draft at Pueblo and was described as 5’8, 183 with ruddy complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes.
He entered the Army Air Force November 13, 1942 and graduated from AAF flexible gunnery school at Kingman, Arizona in May 1943. In October 1943 he was assigned to B-17 radio operator school at Dyersburg, Tennessee. He then served as a Staff Sergeant with the 429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomber Group (H), 15th Air Force stationed in Italy.
On February 4, 1944, B-17F #42-29903 “High Tension”, took off from Staz di Amandola, Italy enroute to Toulon, France on a bombing mission. Max was the waist gunner on this mission. The plane was shot down by enemy fire and although parachutes were deployed, the entire crew of 10 were missing.
Max is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing in the Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France; B'Nai Jacob Cemetery, Pueblo, Colorado and the Colorado Freedom Memorial, Aurora, Colorado. He was awarded the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster and the Purple Heart.
Max was survived by his mother and two brothers.
Thank you, SSGT Copp, for your service and sacrifice.
Cemetery of  B'Nai Jacob Cemetery, Pueblo, Colorado and the Colorado Freedom Memorial, Aurora, Colorado

COPP Max - 429 BS 2 BGH

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SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOAad.archives.gov - Weremember.abmc.gov - Findagrave.com - Fold3 
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