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COBURN, Harold - Date of
birth
10 November 1916 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
New York County, New York -
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-2056553 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
752nd Bombardment Squadron,
458th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
24 September 1944 - Place of
death
North Sea near the Dutch Coast
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Frances Coburn (mother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-52348 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Lady Shamrock
Destination: St. Dizier, France
Mission: Fuel transport
MACR: 9574
More information
2nd Lt Harold Coburn attended college before he enlisted at Fort Myer, Virginia on 25 January 1943.The plane was fired upon and was still over Holland when it blew up and crashed close enough to the Dutch coast for the wreckage to have been found by the Dutch Coast Guard.
Six crew members were killed and their remains were never recovered. Only one crew member, Billie Hudson survived.
Five crew members are remembered on the Walls of the Missing of Margraten: James A. Soesbe, Harold Coburn, George J. Koehn, John R. Tucker and Merlin T. Ash.
Anthony J. Corlito is remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Cambridge Cemetery.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Richard Stumbo