Douglas Francis Coultry

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-36422.jpeg UPL 36422 SSGT Douglas F. Coultry
Ball Turret Gunner
Crew #427 - John Wunder Crew
KIA - 21 June 1944

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Object Number - UPL 36422 - SSGT Douglas F. Coultry Ball Turret Gunner Crew #427 - John Wunder Crew KIA - 21 June 1944

Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

John H Wunder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693444
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-95161

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, New York 19 August 1917

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 17 April 1943

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge Airfield, UK 5 June 1944 - 21 June 1944 Coultry was killed when his B-24 crashed just after takeoff. It was their 7th mission. There were two survivors on the 10 man crew (John H. Wunder Crew)

Died

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 21 June 1944

Buried

Plot F Row 7 Grave 21 Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Revisions

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Corrected biographical mistake

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466th BG Historian

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Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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