43-10206

media-48393.jpeg UPL 48393 Two A-20G-s of the 416th BG with smoking right engines on 27 May 1944.
Neither a/c made it home.
A-20G-35-DO #43-10203 Code: 5H-R (center of photograph with smoking engine)
A-20G-35-DO #43-10206 Code: 2A-F (bottom center of photograph, also with a smoking engine)

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Object Number - UPL 48393 - Two A-20G-s of the 416th BG with smoking right engines on 27 May 1944. Neither a/c made it home. A-20G-35-DO #43-10203 Code: 5H-R (center of...

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Units served with

416th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

669th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Gerald LeMoyne Coffey

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 38464402
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Grady Franklin Cope

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 38396306
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Peter Dontas

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-806236
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

William Edward Fields

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35339996
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Allen Wyant Gullion

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-26353
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Wethersfield

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission	Abbeville, France	24 May 1944	Flew 4 combat missions
Other Shot Down	north of Amiens, France	27 May 1944	1LT Allen Gullion Crew The majority of box 1 dropped on the No. 4 plane [Lt Siracusa], which, having received a direct hit by flak, salvoed its Bombs 10 seconds before the point for release. Six chutes were seen to come out of the planes flown by Lt Guillon and Lt Siracusa. ... The four crews were: Lt Allen W. Gullion Jr., S/Sgt Grady F. Cope, and S/Sgt Gerald L. Coffey; Lt Lucien J. Siracusa, S/Sgt James M. Hume, and S/Sgt Floyd E. Brown; Lt Harry E. Hewes, S/Sgt Joseph F. Kasper, and S/Sgt Harold E. Boyer; Lt Tommie J. Simms, S/Sgt Julius C. Williamson, and S/Sgt Harry W. Larsen. ... As the chutes from Lt Gullion's and Lt Siracusa's planes floated down, it was reported that light flak was fired at the parachutists from 8000 feet to the ground.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Abbeville, France

24 May 1944

Flew 4 combat missions

Other

Shot Down

north of Amiens, France

27 May 1944

1LT Allen Gullion Crew The majority of box 1 dropped on the No. 4 plane [Lt Siracusa], which, having received a direct hit by flak, salvoed its Bombs 10 seconds before the point for release. Six chutes were seen to come out of the planes flown by Lt Guillon and Lt Siracusa. ... The four crews were: Lt Allen W. Gullion Jr., S/Sgt Grady F. Cope, and S/Sgt Gerald L. Coffey; Lt Lucien J. Siracusa, S/Sgt James M. Hume, and S/Sgt Floyd E. Brown; Lt Harry E. Hewes, S/Sgt Joseph F. Kasper, and S/Sgt Harold E. Boyer; Lt Tommie J. Simms, S/Sgt Julius C. Williamson, and S/Sgt Harry W. Larsen. ... As the chutes from Lt Gullion's and Lt Siracusa's planes floated down, it was reported that light flak was fired at the parachutists from 8000 feet to the ground.