William J. COFFEY  Jr

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICEO-731147
AGE  yo
DATE OF BIRTH 
ETATLowell, MASSACHUSETTS
FAMILY

Parents: William J. & Ethel M. PLUMMER COFFEY
Married: Ann O'Sullivan COFFEY

RANKSecond Lieutenant
FONCTIONBomber
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT MA
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
 SQUADRON552nd Bomber Squadron
 GROUP386th Bomber Group, Medium
ARMY9th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH9 September 1943coffey jr william j tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHNear Marquise - Boulogne-sur-Mer
DATA PLAN

B-26 Marauder - type C-15-MO - s/n 41-34958 RG*F "Hazard"  

B26 MARAUDER

Macr: 15266

Mission: Usine et noeud ferroviaire sur Marquise (62)

Takeoff Station 150 Boxted, Essex

Above the target at 8000 feet, direct fire from the flak in the bomb bay during the drop

After a cloud of black fumes, explosion behind the wings, the aircraft disintegrates in two parts, the rear fuselage and the tail graze the B26 "Gambler's luck" while the front part plunges to the ground - 08h44

 
CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
D1041
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

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Photo FDLM

victory medal

usaf 9af 386bg 552bs
STORY
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Crew of  B-26 Marauder - type C-15-MO - s/n 41-34958 RG*F

"Hazard"

1st Lieutenant Stephen M.  DANFORTH Pilot Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 0-793075 - AM/PH - Husband of Mrs Stephen M Danforth, Providence, RHODE ISLAND
2nd Lieutenant Joseph Mathis BRUCK CoPilot Dead - Long Island Nat Cem. Farmingdale, New York O-795352 - 24 ans - Son of  Mrs Peter P Brock, New York, NEW YORK 
2nd Lieutenant William J.  Jr  COFFEY Bomber Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-731147 - AM/PH - Husband of  Mrs William J Coffey, Lowell, MASSACHUSETTS
T/Sergeant Jack E.  WHITEHEAD Radio/Gunner Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  18029513 - AM/PH - Son of Mrs May G Whitehead, Lawton, Comanche Co, OKLAHOMA
Sergeant Louis P McNEILL Mechanic/Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar 51-11   31132434 - Brothers of  Mrs Isobal McNeill Skakun, Somerville, MASSACHUSETTS  
S/Sergeant Joseph E SANCHEZ Gunner

Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf

  34078913 - Son of  Mrs Ella T Sanchez, Morgan City, LOUISIANA  
B26 2

SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFrancecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com - Frédéric LAVERN HE - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov
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