William K Coon
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR), crashed near Kiel on 22-May-44 in P-38J 43-28270. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 4974.
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 27 January 1942 | |
Other Crashed |
2 miles NW March Air Reserve Base, CA, USA | 15 May 1943 | Crashed Engine Failure 2 Miles NW March Field, CA Cat 4 damage Lt William K Coon, 15-May-44. RP-38E 41-2172 - 77FS 20FG |
Other Promotion |
King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK | 26 April 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other Baled out |
Kiel, Germany | 22 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR), crashed near Kiel on 22-May-44 in P-38J 43-28270. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 4974. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 22 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Compton, California | |||
Based |
Kings Cliffe | 22 May 1944 | Assigned to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
http://www.geocities.ws/jackilfrey/pows.html
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search/
https://www.fold3.com/record/84973444-william-k-coon
https://www.fold3.com/image/28715395
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4974, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition