George Alexander DeLorie

Military
Joseph McCoy crew UPL 61549 UPL 61549 1st Lt Joseph A McCoy and crew. Stateside at Dyersburg Army Air Field, Tennessee.
Rear L-R: Cpl's Walt Whitaker, Ed Peverill, George Delorie, Bob Ennis, Hayden Watt, Laurie Goodall.
Front L-R: 2Lt's Joe McCoy, Gayle Jory, Bob Swanson and F/O Jay Nathan.

Joseph McCoy's Son

Joseph Alexander McCoy Gayle Ellis Jory

Object Number - UPL 61549 - 1st Lt Joseph A McCoy and crew. Stateside at Dyersburg Army Air Field, Tennessee. Rear L-R: Cpl's Walt Whitaker, Ed Peverill, George Delorie, Bob...

Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. McCoy crew. Transferred 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

 

Awards: AM (3OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Lawrence E Ayre

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Joseph McCory

Joseph Alexander McCoy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-771747
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

French prisoners of war await transport home in a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97931) nicknamed "Madame Queen" of the 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'French POW's flown back to France after war. IN-Q then IW-A "Madame Queen".'

42-97931

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Madame queen
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Brookline, Massachusetts 20 February 1966 Died Brookline, Massachusetts

Buried

Walnut Hills Cemetery Brookline, Massachusetts 23 February 1966 Interred Walnut Hills Cemetery Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Born

Boston, Massachusetts Born Boston, Massachusetts

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/687787214

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171741704/george-a-delorie

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=840

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=840

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Joseph McCoy crew

Object number: UPL 61549 - 1st Lt Joseph A McCoy and crew. Stateside at...