Huey Raye Coward
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Hamm in P-51D 44-15022. Suspected victim of Anoxia, as dove into ground and exploded at Emlichheim. Killed in Action (KIA) 26-Nov-44 MACR 10540
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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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
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron 38th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Port Arthur, TX | 1 January 1924 | |
Enlisted |
Fort Harrison State Park, 6000 N Post Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46216, USA | 28 January 1943 | Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana |
Based |
Wormingford | 17 August 1944 - 26 November 1944 | Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promoted |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK | 15 November 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
49824 Emlichheim, Germany | 26 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Hamm in P-51D 44-15022. Suspected victim of Anoxia, as dove into ground and exploded at Emlichheim Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10540 |
Ohio, USA | |||
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium | |
Other Pilot training |
Moorefield Rd, Mission, TX, USA | Advanced flight training - Moore Field Mission, TX Class 44B. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 10540
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MACR 13240 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list