Gerald LeMoyne Coffey
Military
A-20G-25-DO #43-9216 Code: 5H-E
Left to Right: SSGT Charles L. Webb (G), 1LT Allen W. Gullion, Jr. (P), SSGT Gerald L. Coffey (G)
Object Number - UPL 48394 - 416th BG - 670th BS - 9th AF A-20G-25-DO #43-9216 Code: 5H-E Left to Right: SSGT Charles L. Webb (G), 1LT Allen W. Gullion, Jr. (P), SSGT Gerald L....
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-26353
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Winsome Winnie
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Desperate Ambrose
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dardanelle, Arkansas | 17 October 1922 | |
| Henryetta, Arkansas | 29 June 1942 | ||
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Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
Conches, France | 6 March 1944 | |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
North of Amiens, France | 27 May 1944 | Shot down on his 39th mission 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. |
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Died |
Morrilton, Arkansas | 5 March 2012 | erald Lemoyne Coffey age 89 of Dardanelle, Arkansas died Monday, March 5, 2012, at Brookridge Cove Nursing Home in Morrilton. He was born October 17, 1922, at Dardanelle to the late George Lester and Era Jones Coffey. He was a U.S. Army Air Corp Veteran and Prisoner Of War in WWII. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Bright Star Masonic Lodge, a lifetime member of the VFW Post 3141, Boyce Woods in Dardanelle, lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans, Charter Member of the Yell County Mounted Patrol and Manager of the Port of Dardanelle for 18 years. |
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Buried |
Dardanelle, Arkansas | 9 March 2012 | Brearley Cemetery Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas, USA |
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Other POW |
Zagan, Poland | Stalag Luft III |