42-30320 Coy de Coy

B-17 Flying Fortresses, including (serial number 42-3312) nicknamed "Sequatchiee" of the 390th Bomb Group, drop bombs during a mission. The aircraft (left to right): (serial number 42-30434) nicknamed "Betty Boop" (Photographer), (serial number 42-3312) nicknamed "Sequatchiee", (serial number 42-30320) nicknamed "Coy De Coy", (serial number 42-37723) nicknamed "Coy De Coy III", (serial numer 42-30476) nicknamed "Rovin' Ramona", (serial number 42-30713) nicknamed "Phyllis Marie", (serial number 42-30455) n media-414120.jpg FRE 8261 B-17 Flying Fortresses, including (serial number 42-3312) nicknamed "Sequatchiee" of the 390th Bomb Group, drop bombs during a mission. The aircraft (left to right): (serial number 42-30434) nicknamed "Betty Boop" (Photographer), (serial number 42-3312) nicknamed "Sequatchiee", (serial number 42-30320) nicknamed "Coy De Coy", (serial number 42-37723) nicknamed "Coy De Coy III", (serial numer 42-30476) nicknamed "Rovin' Ramona", (serial number 42-30713) nicknamed "Phyllis Marie", (serial number 42-30455) nicknamed "Schifless Skonk", (serial number 42-30411) nicknamed "Rose Marie", (serial number 42-30642) nicknamed "Geronimo". Handwritten caption on reverse: '390.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 8261 - B-17 Flying Fortresses, including (serial number 42-3312) nicknamed "Sequatchiee" of the 390th Bomb Group, drop bombs during a mission. The aircraft...

Delivered Cheyenne 14/5/43; Gore 15/5/43; Cheyenne 20/5/43; Geiger 28/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Langley 25/6/43; Cutbank 27/6/43; Smoky Hill 1/7/43; Dow Fd 11/7/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-S] Framlingham 11/7/43; badly damaged 11/12/43 over Emden with

Pilot: Richard J. Parker, Co-pilot: Frank Stolarz, Navigator: Howard VanDine, Bombardier: Homer Lashway, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Coors (5 Returned to Duty) as pilot limped home; Radio Operator: Francis Brooks, Waist gunner: Bob Johnstone, Tail gunner: Ray Nagle, Ball turret gunner: John Durrett bailed out (4 Prisoner of War), Waist gunner: Gayle Gillenwater (Killed in Action); Missing in Action Kiel 4/1/44 with Bob Patterson, Co-pilot: Bennie DeSalvo, Navigator: Dan Naeve, Bombardier: Allen Cordray, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Hughbanks, Radio Operator: Sam Procopio, Ball turret gunner: Mike Gursky, Waist gunner: Armand DiSchiavi, Waist gunner: Dan Canora, Tail gunner: Joe McClure (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Mienesz Farm, Nieuwe Provincialweg, between Scharwoude & Niedorp, Holl. Missing Air Crew Report 2022. COY DE COY.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32577386
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-679373
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32499287
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 390th Bomb Group crashes near Dunkirk whilst flying with a mission with B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5914), 15 August 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '385BG.' Printed caption on reverse: '25620 USAF - Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" going down over area south of Dunkirk, occupied France. U.S. Air Force Photo.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Phoenix
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 11 December 1943

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 4 January 1944

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AAM/FORTLOG synopsis with CC-S.

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Stolarz

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Stolarz

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 14404 / MACR 2022 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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