John A Coen
Military ROLL OF HONOURPersonnel identified by Daniel Lefebvre in 'Une Petit Livret, Une Grand Histoire' (42-9537) and Lowell Getz on 91 BG website
Shot down by fighters 28 March 1943 in B-17 42-29537. The assigned target was marshalling yards at Rouen/ Sotteville. Plane crashed in Channel about one mile north of Fecamp, France. Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
In the picture the people are (clockwise) Second Lieutenant John A Coen(Pilot) Staff Sergeant Louis T. McLane( Tail Gunner) ; Staff Sergeant Paul E Kyes, (Waist Gunner); Technical Sergeant John C Strozzi ( Flight Engineer & Top Turret Gunner), Sergeant Edward F Simon (Waist Gunner); Second Lieutenant David F Gladhart (Co-pilot) ; Staff Sergeant Francis E. Byrne (Ball Turret Gunner); Sergeant Domenic A Caruso( Radio Operator) ; Second Lieutenant John W. Butler ( Bombardier) ; Second Lieutenant Harold A. Davidson ( Navigator)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
28 March 1943 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16086 / MACR 16086, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 93, The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn by Havelaar p. 34 and appendix 4 Roll of Honor / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database