Army Service No. (ASN): 38370030
One of four crew members that bailed out of their aircraft when it was hit over Zeitz, Germany. He was a Tech Sgt with the 547 Bomb Squadron, 384 Bomb Group.
Marriage: Dec 19, 1943, Brady, McCulloch, Texas,
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8th Air Force, 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
Technical Sergeant Jesse Granville McCoy served as a B-17 aircraft Engineer/Top Turret Gunner during WWII.
On 30 November 1944, while on a bombing mission to Zeitz, Germany his B-17 #43-38800, "BUSY BUZZARD", was badly damaged by enemy anti-aircraft fire. The pilot was temporarily incapacitated and Four of the crew of nine men bailed out over enemy territory. The Pilot was revived and was able to return to the home base in the UK with four of the crew who had not bailed out.
Three of the crewmen who bailed out were captured and held as Prisoners of War until liberation in May 1945.
TSGT McCoy was presumed Killed in Action on 30 November 1944. The date of death on his grave marker, 1 December 1945, is consistent with a Finding of Death.
Finding of Death, in the absence of a recovered body, soldiers that were determined to be dead under Public Law 490. Made in cases, after at least one year from time of disappearance, when there was either conclusive proof that the person is dead or equally overwhelming evidence that the person could not have remained alive.
Contributor: Ellefson (47368288) • [email protected]
One of four crew members that bailed out of their aircraft when it was hit over Zeitz, Germany. He was a Tech Sgt with the 547 Bomb Squadron, 384 Bomb Group.
Marriage: Dec 19, 1943, Brady, McCulloch, Texas,
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8th Air Force, 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
Technical Sergeant Jesse Granville McCoy served as a B-17 aircraft Engineer/Top Turret Gunner during WWII.
On 30 November 1944, while on a bombing mission to Zeitz, Germany his B-17 #43-38800, "BUSY BUZZARD", was badly damaged by enemy anti-aircraft fire. The pilot was temporarily incapacitated and Four of the crew of nine men bailed out over enemy territory. The Pilot was revived and was able to return to the home base in the UK with four of the crew who had not bailed out.
Three of the crewmen who bailed out were captured and held as Prisoners of War until liberation in May 1945.
TSGT McCoy was presumed Killed in Action on 30 November 1944. The date of death on his grave marker, 1 December 1945, is consistent with a Finding of Death.
Finding of Death, in the absence of a recovered body, soldiers that were determined to be dead under Public Law 490. Made in cases, after at least one year from time of disappearance, when there was either conclusive proof that the person is dead or equally overwhelming evidence that the person could not have remained alive.
Contributor: Ellefson (47368288) • [email protected]
Army Service No. (ASN): 38370030
One of four crew members that bailed out of their aircraft when it was hit over Zeitz, Germany. He was a Tech Sgt with the 547 Bomb Squadron, 384 Bomb Group.
Marriage: Dec 19, 1943, Brady, McCulloch, Texas,
*********
8th Air Force, 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
Technical Sergeant Jesse Granville McCoy served as a B-17 aircraft Engineer/Top Turret Gunner during WWII.
On 30 November 1944, while on a bombing mission to Zeitz, Germany his B-17 #43-38800, "BUSY BUZZARD", was badly damaged by enemy anti-aircraft fire. The pilot was temporarily incapacitated and Four of the crew of nine men bailed out over enemy territory. The Pilot was revived and was able to return to the home base in the UK with four of the crew who had not bailed out.
Three of the crewmen who bailed out were captured and held as Prisoners of War until liberation in May 1945.
TSGT McCoy was presumed Killed in Action on 30 November 1944. The date of death on his grave marker, 1 December 1945, is consistent with a Finding of Death.
Finding of Death, in the absence of a recovered body, soldiers that were determined to be dead under Public Law 490. Made in cases, after at least one year from time of disappearance, when there was either conclusive proof that the person is dead or equally overwhelming evidence that the person could not have remained alive.
Contributor: Ellefson (47368288) • [email protected]
One of four crew members that bailed out of their aircraft when it was hit over Zeitz, Germany. He was a Tech Sgt with the 547 Bomb Squadron, 384 Bomb Group.
Marriage: Dec 19, 1943, Brady, McCulloch, Texas,
*********
8th Air Force, 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
Technical Sergeant Jesse Granville McCoy served as a B-17 aircraft Engineer/Top Turret Gunner during WWII.
On 30 November 1944, while on a bombing mission to Zeitz, Germany his B-17 #43-38800, "BUSY BUZZARD", was badly damaged by enemy anti-aircraft fire. The pilot was temporarily incapacitated and Four of the crew of nine men bailed out over enemy territory. The Pilot was revived and was able to return to the home base in the UK with four of the crew who had not bailed out.
Three of the crewmen who bailed out were captured and held as Prisoners of War until liberation in May 1945.
TSGT McCoy was presumed Killed in Action on 30 November 1944. The date of death on his grave marker, 1 December 1945, is consistent with a Finding of Death.
Finding of Death, in the absence of a recovered body, soldiers that were determined to be dead under Public Law 490. Made in cases, after at least one year from time of disappearance, when there was either conclusive proof that the person is dead or equally overwhelming evidence that the person could not have remained alive.
Contributor: Ellefson (47368288) • [email protected]
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