Donald Moore McCoy

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-52426.jpeg UPL 52426 Cpl Donald M McCoy, 448BG.

Object Number - UPL 52426 - Cpl Donald M McCoy, 448BG.

Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg in B-24 42-50459 with Buxton crew 16-Aug-44; hit by flak and crashed at Gerwisch Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8426



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-705311
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Flatmouis, West Virginia 8 August 1925 Son of William McCutcheon and Virginia Christian Moore McCoy.

Enlisted

Fort Thomas Newport, KY 10 December 1943 Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky

Died

Gerwisch, Germany 16 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg in B-24 42-50459 with Buxton crew 16-Aug-44; hit by flak and crashed at Gerwisch KIA MACR 8426

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO 7 February 1951 Re-Interred Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri

Buried

Flatwoods Cemetery Flatwoods, Braxton County, WV Memorialised Flatwoods Cemetery Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia

Based

Seething 16 August 1944 Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF.

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