Martin Downard Coffey

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media-50526.jpeg UPL 50526 2nd Lt Martin Downard Coffey, 339FG

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Object Number - UPL 50526 - 2nd Lt Martin Downard Coffey, 339FG

Assigned to 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) in P-47 43-25581 10-Jun-44 crashed near Gace whilst strafing truck convoy Killed in Action (KIA).



MACR 5585.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Oregon, USA 2 July 1920

Enlisted

Portland, OR, USA 22 April 1942 Portland, Oregon

Based

Transferred

Raydon 4 May 1944 - 10 June 1944 Transferred to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

61230 Gacé, France 10 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) in P-47 43-25581 10-Jun-44 crashed near Gace whilst strafing truck convoy KIA MACR 5585.

Based

Fowlmere 4 May 1944 Assigned to 339FG, 8AF USAAF.
Lake Oswego, OR, USA

Buried

Arlington National Cemetery Arlington , Virginia Sec: 11, Site: 220SH

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 5585;

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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