Gene F Davis

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Jeff Coleman

Object Number - UPL 35138

Killed on Mission (KOM) 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24506 'The Shiftless Skonk' while serving as Bombardier. Aircraft crashed near Watford on returning from a mission. Plane had been attacked by fighters. At rest at the Rest Haven Cemetery, Menard County, Texas.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Shiftless Skonk
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

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Killed on Mission (KOM)

Leavesden Aerodrome, Watford, Hertfordshire WD25 7BZ, UK 23 November 1942 Died in the crash of B-17F 41-24506 near Watford/Leavesden, England.

Buried

Buried Rest Haven Cemetery, Menard County Texas

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Jeff Coleman

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Lee Cunningham 2-Dec-2014. All changes per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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Lee Cunningham 7-Nov-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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Personal collection

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Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 49 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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