John B Coleman Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 4.33 x air 2.5 x ground. Crashed near Tilburg on 5-Oct-44 due to mechanical failure in P-51 44-13983 EVD Returned to Duty (RTD). Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 366th Fighter Group
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New Jersey, USA | 25 December 1922 | |
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Other Promotion |
Bodney, Thetford IP26 5BX, UK | 26 March 1944 | Promoted to Captain. |
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Other E/A Destroyed [2] |
Demmin, Germany | 13 May 1944 | 2 x Me109's destroyed 13-May-44 Demmin. A/C 42-106668. |
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Other Evaded (EVD) |
Tilburg, Netherlands | 5 October 1944 | Crashed near Tilburg on 5-Oct-44 due to mechanical failure in P-51 44-13983 EVD Returned to Duty (RTD). |
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Died |
Suffolk County, NY, USA | 16 May 1979 | |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
| Montclair, NJ, USA | Upper Montclair New Jersey | ||
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Based |
Bodney | Assigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Wading River, NY 11792, USA | Calverton National Cemetery Calverton, Suffolk County, NY |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9251 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list