Frederick Gano
Military | First Lieutenant | Bomber pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat mission. ETD
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Arthur John Coyle
Military
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Lt Frederick Gano and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group, based in England, pose beside Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 42-102411 'Miss Lace'. 14 October 1944. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A10215-C61689AC.
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S/Sgt Arthur J Coyle :- Air medal award card. 303BG.
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Married- Lillian Osterman 31-May-1947, settled in Long Island, NY- 3 children, worked- Robin Line/ Moore McCormack Lines- shipping sales solicitor until his retirement 1983.
Died suddenly 8-Dec-2005 at the age of 86.
Service
People
Units served with
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8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ... -
303rd Bomb Group
Group
The 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 3-Feb-1942 at Pendleton Field, Oregon. They assembled at Gowen Field, Idaho on 11-February 1942 where it conducted flight training until 12-Jun-1942. The Group then moved to Alamogordo Field, New... -
427th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-102411 'Miss Lace'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Cheyenne 1/3/44; Hunter 21/3/44; Grenier 10/4/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-Y/P] Molesworth 30/4/44; battle damaged Berlin 18/3/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 28/3/45. MISS LACE.
Associated Place
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Molesworth
Military site : airfield
Molesworth was one of the early stations used by the Eighth Air Force in the UK, first occupied by the 15th Bomb Squadron’s Douglas Bostons in June 1942. Built in 1940 and extended and improved in 1942, Molesworth is most associated with the 303rd...
Events
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| Born | Jersey City, NJ | 10 June 1919 |
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Son of Emma Coyle. Raised in North Bergen, New Jersey |
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| Based | Molesworth | 1944 – 1944 |
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Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Marriage | 31 May 1947 | |
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Married Lillian Osterman. |
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| Died | 8 December 2005 | |
| Buried | Cemetery of the Holy Rood Westbury, Nassau County, NY | 12 December 2005 |
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Cemetery of the Holy Rood |
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Revisions
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| 26 November 2021 09:30:35 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events |
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| 25 November 2021 19:37:32 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, nickname, biography, awards and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/676008696 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 13 March 2018 00:36:03 | Coyle17 | Changes to nickname, role and biography |
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Suzanne Coyle Weis (daughter) |
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| 27 February 2017 15:59:16 | Al_Skiff | Changes to person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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Key Image ID. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:04:06 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000 |
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