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COLEMAN, Idus Frank - Date of
birth
27 September 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Panacea, Wakulla County, Florida -
Hometown
Panacea, Wakulla County, Florida
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34243641 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
328th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
18 October 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, 110 miles off the northern tip of Texel Island, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Idus F. Coleman (father)
Lula M. (Roddenberry) Coleman (mother)
Robert F. Coleman (half brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-23729 -
Data
Type: B-24D
Nickname: Shoot Luke / The Duke
Mission: Diversion attack
MACR: 4927
More information
T/5 Idus F. Coleman was a sales clerk before he enlisted at Camp Blanding in Florida on 23 July 1942.The airplane was shot down by Obfw Robert Roller in a BF 109G-5 from JG 3/6.
The entire crew of ten men was killed. Two of them are remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten, the other eight are remembered at the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge Cemetery.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Arie-Jan van Hees, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR / WWII Draft Card, www.ancestry.com - 1910 Census, www.b24bestweb.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Scott R. Michael and Holly Laws via Robert Baumgardner