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SSGT Ernest Coufal
unknown – 14 Jan 1943
| Birth | unknown |
| Death | 14 Jan 1943 |
| Cemetery | East Coast Memorial Manhattan , New York County , New York , USA |
| Added by | Dan Phelan on 27 Jan 2016 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74552689 |
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From FAG #48480465 Ernest moved out to Portland, Oregon from Nebraska and worked as a carpenter, here he enlisted on January 12 1942 for the Army Air Corps. ----------------------------------------------------------- US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II T/Sgt. Richard T. Hanson Lost Hometown: Portland, Oregon Squadron: 503rd BS 346th Bomb Group Service# 19076395 Awards: Pilot 1st/Lt. Robert A. Mancini Lost Target: Training Mission MACR #16464 Date Lost: 14-Jan-43 Serial Number: # 42-5244 Aircraft Model B-17F Aircraft Letter: Aircraft Name: Location: BORINQUEN FIELD, PR Cause: Unknown crew of 9 Lost at sea Sgt. Carper appears tablets of the missing East Coast Memorial Manhattan New York New York his body was never recovered. His memorial Sacred Heart Cemetery Winchester City Virginia is a cenotaph. The unit was constituted as 346th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on September 3, 1942, activated on September 7, 1942, and assigned to Second Air Force. It was originally equipped with B-17s and B-24s. It served first as an operational training unit and later as a replacement training unit. STATIONS 1) Salt Lake City AAB, Utah, September 7, 1942 2) Smoky Hill AB, Kansas, October 3, 1942 3) Dyersburg AAFld, Tennessee, February 26, 1943 through April 1, 1944 The actual movement of the 346th as I know it 1) Alamogordo, NM 2) Dalhart TX 3) Pratt, KS 4) Borinquen, Puerto Rico (over-water training) 5) Back to Pratt, KS Crew of 41-29485, 1st/Lt. Robert A. Mancini Pilot 2nd/Lt. George T. Smithson 2nd/Lt. James F. O'Donoghue Jr. 2nd/Lt. Joseph J. Ray T/Sgt. Charles A. Carper T/Sgt. Charles A. Carper T/Sgt. Richard T. Hanson S/Sgt. Ernest Coufal S/Sgt. Leonard J. Szulc S/Sgt. Melvin L. MacKay
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SSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
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