Harvey Weir Cook

Name:

Harvey Weir Cook

Country:

United States

Rank:

Captain

Services:

United States Air Service

Unit:

94th Aero

Victories:

Born:

30 June 1892

Place of Birth:

Wilkinson, Indiana, USA

Died:

24 March 1943

Place of Death:

New Caledonia

Cemetery:

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Plot O, Row 0, Grave 440

The son of Dr. Benjamin Harvey Cook, Harvey Weir Cook graduated from high school at Anderson, Indiana. While attending Washington and Jefferson College, he applied for a passport on 6 March 1917 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His goal was to do ambulance work for the Red Cross in France. When the United States entered the war, Cook transferred to the American Air Service and, after training, was assigned as a pilot to the 94th Aero Squadron. Flying the SPAD XIII, he was credited with seven victories including four balloons. During World War II, he was killed in a crash whilst flying the Curtiss P-40.

Col. Turner Paid Tribute To Former Anderson Ace
Anderson Daily Bulletin - Wednesday, July 1, 1970

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harvey Weir Cook, Captain (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Crepion, France, October 30, 1918. Captain Cook attacked three enemy bi-place planes at an altitude of 1,000 meters. After a few minutes of severe fighting his guns jammed, but after clearing the jam he returned to the attack, shot down one of his adversaries in flames, and forced the other two to retire to their own lines.

General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) Oak Leaf Cluster

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harvey Weir Cook, Captain (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-Dole, France, August 1, 1918. Sighting six enemy mono- place planes at an altitude of 3,500 meters, Captain Cook, attacked them despite their numerical superiority, shooting down one and driving off the others.

General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	01 Aug 1918	1005	94^th	SPAD XIII	Scout ¹	Bois de Dole
2	26 Sep 1918	1845	94^th	SPAD XIII	Balloon	Grand Ham
3	28 Sep 1918	0606	94^th	SPAD XIII	Balloon	Clery-le-Petit
4	03 Oct 1918	1615	94^th	SPAD XIII	Balloon	Grand Pre
5	18 Oct 1918	1535	94^th	SPAD XIII	Halberstadt C ²	Exermont
6	22 Oct 1918	0555	94^th	SPAD XIII	Balloon	Tially
7	30 Oct 1918	0830	94^th	SPAD XIII	LVG C	Romagne

1	Shared with Lt Robert Z Cates
2	Shared with Lt S Kay, Lt Alden B Sherry

Books

American Aces of World War 1: by Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey (Illustrator) / Paperback / Osprey Publishing (September 25, 2001)
Over the Front: by Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey / Hardcover / Grub Street the Basement (May 1992)