Hershel L McCoy

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Returning from a mision on Kassel, weather became very heavy overcast. Plane was trying to land using radio beacons, they hit the radio tower at Daventry, all crew was killed Originally flew with the 482nd BG as member of Plymale's crew

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'

482nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38973

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lorado, West Virginia 4 November 1904

Died

15 December 1944

Buried

Plot F, Row 6, Grave 124

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56295867/hershel-l.-mccoy

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Contributorbecsay
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Headstone. Cambridge American Military Cemetery.

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ContributorAAM
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305th BG anthology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia