Elvis A McCoy
Military
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Object Number - UPL 20037 - Radio Operator Elvis A. McCoy (photo from the Rosalind Perrin Davis collection via J. Ross Greene, nephew of Bombardier Ross W. Perrin and author of...
Elvis McCoy (spelled Mc Coy in NARA's WWII Enlistment records) grew up in rural Oklahoma and attended the Miami High School there, graduating in 1940. He worked in the machine shop at Eagle-Picher Mining & Smelting before his enlistment in late 1942. He was a Radio Operator in the 381st Bomb Group / 532nd Bomb Squadron. Made a Prisoner of War (POW) after the loss of B-17G # 43-38780 on the Squadron’s 11 December 1944 mission to bomb the bridge over the Rhine at Mannheim, Germany.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16002193 and O-886725
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33560548 and O-722281
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18123654
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19042579
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14173829 and O-717895
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 December 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Oklahoma, United States | 15 September 1922 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
11 December 1944 | Captured 11 December 1944. Interned Dulag Luft Gross Tychow / Tychowo (Poland) – Dulag 12. NARA WWII POW Records : “Returned to Military control 7 June 1945.“ | |
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Died |
Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States | 1 August 1988 | |
| Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States | |||
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Buried |
Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States |
Revisions
MACR 11341 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
