Joseph Alexander McCoy
MilitaryObject Number - UPL 61544 - 1st Lt Joseph A McCoy
Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM (4OLC), Good Conduct, EAME (3BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395037.jpg?itok=qEsi3d2Q)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395035.jpg?itok=01faXuTd)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
![Joseph McCoy crew](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-07/362261586_10228344368025722_1658381183983099993_n.jpg?itok=8xapG1nN)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 614th Bomb Squadron 338th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
![Joseph McCoy crew](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-07/362261586_10228344368025722_1658381183983099993_n.jpg?itok=8xapG1nN)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 338th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
![Joseph McCoy crew](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-07/362261586_10228344368025722_1658381183983099993_n.jpg?itok=8xapG1nN)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 338th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 32379314
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
![Joseph McCoy crew](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-07/362261586_10228344368025722_1658381183983099993_n.jpg?itok=8xapG1nN)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 338th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 14157998 / O-824498
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
![Joseph McCoy crew](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-07/362261586_10228344368025722_1658381183983099993_n.jpg?itok=8xapG1nN)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 338th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: T-?
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Group at Snetterton Heath. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'BX dispersals Snetterton.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-387762.jpg?itok=6qmmc7q1)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Hugoton, Kansas | 1 October 1918 | Born Hugoton, Kansas |
Enlisted |
15 May 1942 | ||
Other Commissioned |
Fort Summer, New Mexico | 12 March 1944 | Completed flight training, commissioned 2nd Lt. Fort Summer, New Mexico |
Other Discharged |
Camp Blanding, Florida | 19 October 1945 | Discharged Camp Blanding, Florida |
Died |
Stuart, Martin County, Florida | 5 July 2005 | Died Stuart, Martin County, Florida |
Buried/ Commemorated |
Fernhill Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum Stuart, Martin County, Florida | 8 July 2005 | Interred Fernhill Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum Stuart, Martin County, Florida |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / relative; Snetterton Falcons pg 218