Jay Gorman Coberly
Military
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UPL 37454
Bucket Of Bolts Crew Pre October 1943 Black Thursday Raid
bottom row 2nd from Right Pilot Pete Mullinax
Bottom Row 2nd from Left BOMBARDIER
JAY COBERLY
bottom row 2nd from Right Pilot Pete Mullinax
Bottom Row 2nd from Left BOMBARDIER
JAY COBERLY
date correction of the date the crew was shot down while flying the replacement craft "Spare Parts"
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 42-30149 'Spare Parts'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 790.
Awards: DFC, AM, Bronze Star, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34584268 / O-405008
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Elkins, WV 26241, USA | 9 November 1916 | Son of Ivan Eugene and Marthella [Stevens] Coberly . |
Enlisted |
Cumberland, MD 21502, USA | 3 February 1941 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 14 October 1943 - 29 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Other Shot down / baled out |
Schweinfurt, Germany | 14 October 1943 | Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 42-30149 'Spare Parts'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 790. |
Died |
Richmond, VA, USA | 21 December 2014 | |
Buried |
13 March 2015 | Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA | |
Enlisted |
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Based |
Bury St Edmunds | 14 October 1943 | Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 790 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database