Wilbur J Coss Jr
Military
ABMC
Object Number - UPL 74368 - ABMC Memorial page for
Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF, USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission in P-47D 42-26585 to Nieuport. After dive bombing Marshalling Yard in Charleroi area, heard to report his prop was running away, stated he was going to bale out. Evaded Capture (EVD) 26-Aug-44 MACR 8537. Lost in P-51K 44-11663 2-Feb-45 - Killed in mid-air collision Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
19 February 1943 | Buckley Field Denver, CO. | |
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Based |
29 July 1944 - 22 February 1945 | Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF, USAAF. | |
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Other Baled out EVD |
26 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Nieuport. After dive bombing Marshalling Yard in Charleroi area, heard to report his prop was running away, stated he was going to bale out. Evaded Capture (EVD) 26-Aug-44 MACR 8537. | |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
22 February 1945 - 26 August 1944 | Lost in P-51K 44-11663 2-Feb-45 - Killed in mid-air collision Killed in Action (KIA). | |
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Born |
Son of Wilbur J Snr and Dorothy C Coss. | ||
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Buried |
Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 7 Grave 4 |
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Additional Details from duplicate record Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p132
Combined information from two records with additional information from :ABMC, MACR 8537 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
MACR 8537 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
