Coy I Montgomery
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by fighters and crashed at Colrade on a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17F #42-30170 'The Pride of the Century'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss carriage, oh nausea, ten batty boys & pride of the century
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
6 March 1944 | ||
Born |
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA | ||
Buried |
Lone Wolf, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, USA | Lone Wolf Cemetery | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 |
Revisions
Updated a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 24487981.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24487981/coy-i.-montgomery
Updated Highest Rank and Added S/N per MACR 3015 at Fold3.com.
Source: https://www.fold3.com/image/37106516
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3015 / MACR 3015, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database