James R Coffelt
Military ROLL OF HONOUR![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/media/media-26693.jpeg)
Black Sunday-Ploesti - Michael Hill
Object Number - UPL 26693 - The crew of the B-24D, 41-23675, named, Celhalopdos. Lt. Walter D. Smith is second from left side kneeling. Pilot Charles T. Moore is standing 2nd...
Killed in Action (KIA) 15 February 1943 when temporarily assigned to 9th AF. Flew out of Gambia, Libya to target Naples in B-24 41-23675 Celhalopdos. Went down over Naples, Italy.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 330th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395026.jpg?itok=b2fWCS7Z)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395023.jpg?itok=d24JhexH)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18051856 / O-435976
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-26693.jpeg?itok=YQkeLrTs)
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Celhalopdos
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: North Africa American Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Fort Oglethorpe, GA | 20 February 1942 | Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia |
Other Killed in Action |
Naples, Italy | 15 February 1943 | Flew out of Gambia, Libya to target Naples in B-24 41-23675 Celhalopdos. Went down over Naples, Italy. Killed in Action (KIA) |
Born |
Tennessee | Son of Isaac Columbus 'Lum' Coffelt and Marzelia Vandergriff. | |
Buried |
North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia | |
Buried |
Chattanooga National Cemetery Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN | Memorialised Chattanooga National Cemetery Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee |
Revisions
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Sources
ABMC, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, p.76 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia