Gaston Coblentz
Military47th BG - 86th BS - 12th AF
Coblentz flew 97 combat missions.
This photo is from his 1939 Harvard University Yearbook
Gaston Coblentz was a successful and well respected investment banker and writer after the war.
Graduate cum laude Hotchkiss School, 1936. Bachelor cum laude, Harvard University, 1939. Foreign correspondent New York Herald Tribune, New York City, 1946-1963.
Partner, director Mitchell Hutchins & Company, Incorporated., New York City, 1963-1977.
Senior vice-president, director Paine Webber Mitchell Hutchins International, Incorporated., Paris, 1977-1979. Director Gaston Coblentz& Company Limited., Saint Helier, Jersey, Imperial Order of the Crown of India, 1979-1981, United Kingdom representative, 1982.
Gaston Coblentz has been listed as a noteworthy investment company executive by Marquis Who's Who.
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Units served with
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bastia – Poretta Airport
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Engle Field
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Ta Kali, Ta Qali
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York, NY | 8 June 1918 | |
Enlisted |
Fort Bragg, NC | 4 November 1941 | |
Other Crash Landed |
Poretta Airfield, Corsica | 15 August 1944 | Crash landed A-20B 41-3246. The a/c was written off |
Died |
Cannes, France | 11 September 2001 | |
Buried |
Middle Village, Queens, New York | 20 September 2001 | Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA (date of burial is approximate) |
Other Graduated Bachelor Cum Laude |
Cambridge, MA | Harvard University |