Coy I Montgomery

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot 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

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

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

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Updated a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 24487981.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24487981/coy-i.-montgomery

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Updated Highest Rank and Added S/N per MACR 3015 at Fold3.com.
Source: https://www.fold3.com/image/37106516

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Added a connection to the 100th BG listed in the A/C description.

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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