Roy Clinton Koons
Military ROLL OF HONOURRoy Koons was Top Turret Gunner on board B-24D Serial 42-63784 shot down 6 June 1944 by Flak over Belgium on Carpetbagger mission "OSRIC 81 DZ". Died of wounds on 6 June 1944 in the Luftwaffe Hospital in Saint-Gilles, Brussels. MACR 5393.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2045266
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 11031480
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-806997
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-738024
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-121795
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
6 June 1944 | from wounds on 6 June 1944 in the Luftwaffe Hospital in Saint-Gilles, Brussels | |
Born |
Franklin City, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
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Sources
Combat Chronology Supplement p.539 , http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia