Harry Coronios

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media-15561.jpeg UPL 15561 Second Lieutenant Harry Coronios of Lowell, Massachusetts, 62nd fighter squadron, 56th fighter group.

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Object Number - UPL 15561 - Second Lieutenant Harry Coronios of Lowell, Massachusetts, 62nd fighter squadron, 56th fighter group.

Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. 52 combat missions. Credited with 1 x kill and 1 x damaged. Killed on training mission while pilot of P-47D 42-8614. Entered a solid overcast over North Sea while training with 3 other P-47s. Reported missing and it is believed that he crashed in the sea near Happisburgh, Norfolk. His remains have never been recovered.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-74626

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron

42-7866

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: The Greek
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
The damaged cockpit of a P-47D Thunderbolt (LM-D, serial number 42-8614) of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, 8 Ocotber 1943. Official caption on image: "GAD-62-3-F365-Oct 8, '43-Bat. Dam-P47D - 42-8614." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'LM-D, 28614, 8/10/43. Damage by bullet - entered hatch on rt. side and struck instrument panel.'

42-8614

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Saucy Shirley II
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron

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Crashed

Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP), 100 Arrival Ave, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779, USA 19 October 1942 Taxiing Accident Suffolk County Airport, LI, NY Cat 3 damage 2lt Harry Coronios, 19-Oct-42. P-47C 41-6083 - 62FS 56FG

Other

E/A Destroyed

Bremen, Germany 8 October 1943 Fw190 destroyed Bremen, 8-Oct-43. P-47D 42-74626

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E/A Damaged

Bremen, Germany 8 October 1943 Fw190 damaged Bremen, 8-Oct-43. P-47D 42-74626

Other

Killed - Non Operational (KNO)

North Sea 17 November 1943 Crashed into the North Sea 15 miles East of Happisburgh, Norfolk while on a training mission.

Born

Lowell, MA, USA Son of George and Theodra Coronios.

Other

Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery.
Middlesex County, MA, USA

Based

Boxted 17 November 1943 Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Enlisted

Massachusetts, USA

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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search/
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Coronios&Submit7…
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763367?terms=Harry%20Coronios
https://www.fold3.com/record/529897014-harry-coronios
https://www.fold3.com/image/28685519?terms=Harry%20Coronios
https://www.fold3.com/image/146508378?terms=Harry%20Coronios
http://www.greeks-in-foreign-cockpits.com/pilots-crews/fighter-pilots/h…
56th Fighter Group By Roger Freeman
VIII Fighter Command at War: ‘Long Reach’ By Michael O'Leary
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288773/harry-coronios

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L:ee Cunningham 15-Jul-2015. Added Decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records. Made Connections to Place and Mission within existing website data. Made minor edits to Summary Biography.

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Made associations and updated data.

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ContributorAAM
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Combat Chronology, Losses of Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 374, ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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