Coon, George Adrian (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-May-04

Flight Sergeant George Adrian Coon RCAF

Birth Date: 1923-November-11

Born:

Parents: Albert John Coon & Mary Elizabeth Coon

Spouse:

Home: Hines Creek, Alberta (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

582 (PFF) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Pre Volamus Designantes We fly before marking

Base

RAF Little Staughton

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/178848

Home
Google MapHines Creek, Alberta (parents)
Target
Google MapMontdidier France
Final Burial
Google MapSt Sever Cemetery Extension
Block S Plot 4 Row T Coll grave 17-22

Took off from Little Staughton at 22:57 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code 60-F Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb the airfield at Montdidier France.

Aircraft shot down (means not found) and crashed at Beaulieu-les- Fontaines (Oise) 10 km NW of Noyon, France.

Killed: Flight Sergeant George Adrian Coon RCAF R/178848 KIA St. Sever Cemetery Extension, France Block. Pilot Officer Charles James Erskine O'Neill RCAF J/87299 pilot KIA St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Block. Pilot Officer Stanley Hewitt RAF KIA St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Block. Flight Sergeant Frank Norman Holmes RAF KIA St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Block Flight Sergeant James Roy Ingham RAF KIA St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Block. Sergeant James Arthur Augustus Mansfield RAF KIA St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Block.

Evader: Flying Officer J B Armstrong RCAF J/23723 Evader.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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