Merle Milton Coons
Military
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Object Number - UPL 28022 - Capt Merle Coons 38th FS 55th FG
From Arlington, Oregon
Class 43B Williams Field, AZ Feb. 1943.
Flight Leader 38th FS 55th FG
5 air kills (2 x FW-190 + 3 x ME-109s)
Col USAF retired (1942-1968)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: The Worry Bird
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Multnomah County, OR, USA | 25 March 1921 | Son of Milo and Helen Coons. |
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Enlisted |
6801 NE Cornfoot Rd, Portland, OR 97218, USA | 12 March 1942 | Portland Airbase, Oregon |
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Based |
Wormingford | 6 June 1944 - 12 December 1944 | Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Erfurt, Germany | 11 September 1944 | Me-109 destroyed (air) Erfurt 11-Sep-44. |
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Other E/A Probable |
Erfurt, Germany | 11 September 1944 | Me-109 probable (air) Erfurt 11-Sep-44. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Erfurt, Germany | 13 September 1944 | Me-109 destroyed (air) Erfurt 13-Sep-44. |
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Other Promotion |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK | 17 September 1944 | Promoted to Captain. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Merseburg, Germany | 2 November 1944 | FW-190 destroyed (air) West of Merseburg 2-Nov-44. |
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Other E/A Destroyed [2] |
Berlin, Germany | 5 December 1944 | Me-109 and FW-190 destroyed (air) North of Berlin 5-Dec-44. |
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Died |
Pocatello, ID, USA | 13 December 1997 | |
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Buried |
Mountain View Cemetery Pocatello, Bannock County, ID | 16 December 1997 | Mountain View Cemetery Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho |
| Arlington, OR 97812, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list