Roy Clinton Koons

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Roy 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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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 13091630
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 38060592
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner/Dispatcher

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Died

6 June 1944 from wounds on 6 June 1944 in the Luftwaffe Hospital in Saint-Gilles, Brussels

Born

Franklin City, Pennsylvania

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MACR 5393.

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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