Mark Jay Counihan
Military
http://eastangliamemorials.blogspot.co.uk/
Photo taken 21 August 2013, Gary Atkins
Object Number - UPL 15141 - Rougham Control Tower Museum
Flew on 'Leading Lady' on many missions. Active during Normandy invasions.
Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF as lead crew.
Flew 32 combat missions from 9 April to 1 September 1944. ETD
Awards: DFC, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18202841
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39690727
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34604830
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37396057
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33340470 / O-688478
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator / Mickey Op
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucky Rebel/Eagle's Wrath
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Erie Ferry, Kac's Flak Shack, Green Hornets
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Leading Lady
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Iron River, MI | 1 December 1917 | Son of John H Snr and Delphine [Mayer] Counihan. |
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Enlisted |
Santa Ana, CA | 12 March 1943 | |
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Based |
Bury St Edmunds | 9 April 1944 - 30 April 1944 | Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Based |
Bury St Edmunds | 30 April 1944 - 1 September 1944 | Transferred to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF as lead crew. |
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Other Promotion |
Rougham, UK | 24 June 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other DFC Award |
Rougham, UK | 9 August 1944 | Awarded DFC 9-Aug-44. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
19 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
17 June 1991 | ||
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Buried |
Pacific Crest Cemetery, Redondo Beach, CA | 21 June 1991 | Pacific Crest Cemetery Redondo Beach, LA County, CA Plot 11 418 2B |
Revisions
http://journalmah.org/clark1_2.pdf
https://www.fold3.com/image/628302860
https://www.fold3.com/record/75321206-mark-j-counihan
https://www.fold3.com/record/85019686-mark-j-counihan
https://www.fold3.com/image/132502498?rec=132502813
https://www.fold3.com/record/527908669-mark-counihan-1917
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156363417/mark-jay-counihan
Rougham Control Tower memorial plaques
Facebook groups: 94th Bomb Group magazine, and 94th Bomb Group public group
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / grandson February 2009
