Dale Johns
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Togglier | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 22
Orman Merlin Coffin
Military
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Orman M. Coffin Crew 390th BG - 569th BS - 8th AF Standing Left to Right: Lloyd K. Watkin (FE), Roland R. Ridgeway (RO), George P. Marco (BTG), Earl S. Lyles (TG), Dale A. Johns (TOG), Charles Spector (WG) Kneeling Left to Right: Frank G. Ware (N), Orman M. Coffin (P), Jack S. Novak (CP)
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Orman Merlin Coffin draft registration card (1 - front)
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Orman Merlin Coffin draft registration card (2 - back)
Crew Number 22
Service
People
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Earl Lyles
Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA). B-17 #42-97093 'Doc's Flying Circus' or 'Girl of my Dreams' or 'I'll Get By'. Severe icing occurred during assembly for Kassel mission. Ship went into spin, Earl S. Lyles Jr. and Charles Spector bail out, Killed in Action (KIA). -
George Marco
Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 22 -
Jack Novak
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 22 -
Rolland Ridgway
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 22 -
Charles Spector
Military | Sergeant | 390th Bomb Group
Killed in action -
Frank Ware
Military | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 22 -
Lloyd Watkins
Military | Flight Engineer | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 22
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. ... -
390th Bomb Group
Group
The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This... -
568th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-31744
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 5/1/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-A (was BI-W) Framlingham 5/2/44; Missing in Action Derben, Ger. 14/1/45 with Walt Wiegnad, Herb Bracht, Wallace Shipplett, Noble Parker (4 Killed in Action); Jim Blaire, Bill Bongard,... -
42-97093 I'll Get By
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 28/1/44; Kearney 14/2/44; Presque Is 20/2/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-S] Framlingham 3/3/44 DOC'S FLYING CIRCUS, then GIRL OF MY DREAMS; on mission 21/7/44 with ? , Lt Sam Dubin (Killed in Action); severe icing during assembly for... -
43-38526 'STAR DUSTER'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/8/44; Hunter 23/8/44; Grenier 4/9/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-Z] Framlingham 8/9/44 BIG GAS BIRD; Missing in Action Derben 14/1/45 with Lou Niebergall, Norman Comstock, Lorenzo Herring, Bob Putt, Jack Palmer, Len Hokow (7... -
43-39023
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 10/11/44; Grenier 2/12/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 15/12/44; transferred 568BS/390BG [BI-K] Framlingham 1/1/45 MAIDEN PRAYER; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 2/7/45; Reconstruction... -
44-6914
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 16/12/44; Dow Fd 23/12/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-G] Framlingham 1/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; Sth Plains 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 24/11/45. -
44-8633
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 9/11/44; Grenier 2/12/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-Z] 13/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45; SWEET MARIE.
Missions
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715
16 November 1944
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720
21 November 1944
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731
30 November 1944
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748
12 December 1944
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754
18 December 1944
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8th Air Force 760
24 December 1944
1. Decision. ... -
761
25 December 1944
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769
29 December 1944
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770
30 December 1944
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783
6 January 1945
Associated Place
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Framlingham
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Centerville, IA | 27 July 1921 |
| Buried | Belleville, IL | 10 October 1943 |
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Valhalla Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum |
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| 390th BG Combat Tour | Framlingham Airfield, UK | 16 November 1944 – 11 April 1945 |
| Died | O'Fallon, IL | 7 October 1973 |
| Lived in | Lincoln, NE | |
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1022 K Street |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 December 2020 03:29:24 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, highest rank, role, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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http://5085.sydneyplus.com/final/portal.aspx?lang=en-US |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:20:49 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Coffin%2C+Orman+M |
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