Robert A Coughenour Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited shared kill. Failed to Return (FTR) Area patrol mission in P-47 42-26253 returning over Thames estuary reported dropping oil pressure ditched 2 miles offshore North of Orfordness. 8-Jun-44. Reported Missing in Action (MIA). Reported PDD 6-Aug-45.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-26253

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

San Antonio, TX, USA 25 January 1943

Based

Martlesham Heath 28 April 1944 - 8 June 1944 Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

E/A Destroyed [1/2]

France 13 May 1944 Shared destroyed Europe 13-May-44.

Other

Killed in Action

2 miles off Orford Ness, UK 8 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Area patrol mission in P-47 42-26253 returning over Thames estuary reported dropping oil pressure ditched 2 miles offshore North of Orfordness. 8-Jun-44. KIA. MACR 5567

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Delaware County, PA, USA

Born

Pennsylvania, USA

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

356 FG Assoc data, MACR 5567 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list