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| USAAF 7th AF Service Command 311th TCS |
Pilot 1st Lt. Kenneth W. Coats, O-700352 311th TCS (MIA / KIA) IA Co-Pilot 1st Lt. F. J. Dams Extra Pilot 1st Lt. William E. Brickley Navigaotr 2nd Lt. G. F. Thompson Engineer E. F. Hayes Radio O. S. Neal Crew Chief SSgt Cheif Edward J. Becher Passenger 1st Lt. Robert S. Thurston Jr., O-827543 301st FW (MIA / KIA) Honolulu, HI Passenger Plus 33 other passengers MIA October 12, 1945 at 11:45am MACR 14987 Aircraft History Built by Curtiss-Wright. Constructor Number 22214. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as C-46D-20-CU Commando serial number 44-78391. Ferried overseas via Hickam Field then across the Pacific. Wartime History Assigned to the 7th Air Force (7th AF) Service Command, 311th Troop Carrier Squadron (311th TCS). No known nickname or nose art. When lost, engines: R-2800-75 serial numbers NBR1FP088390 and NBR2FP088475. Mission History On October 12, 1945 took off from Naha Airfield on Okinawa piloted by 1st Lt. Kenneth W. Coats on a ferry flight with 7 crew and 34 passengers bound for Iwo Jima. Last seen on take off. When this plane failed to arrive it was officially listed as Missing In Action (MIA). No definite cause was determined. Memorials Everyone aboard was officially declared dead the day of the mission. As the flight was non-combat, none of the crew or passengers earned the Purple Heart, posthumously. The entire crew is memorialized at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) on the courts of the missing. Coats on court 7. Coats also has a memorial marker at Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery in Storm Lake, Iowa. References USAF Serial Number Search Results - C-46D-20-CU Commando 44-78391 Missing Air Crew Report 14987 (MACR 14987) created October 20, 1945 American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Kenneth W. Coats FindAGrave - 1Lt Kenneth William Coats (courts of the missing photo) FindAGrave - 1LT Kenneth William Coats (memorial marker) American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Robert Shipman Thurston Jr. FindAGrave - 1Lt Robert Shipman Thurston Jr. (photo, courts of the missing photo) American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - FindAGrave - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - FindAGrave - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - FindAGrave - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - FindAGrave - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - FindAGrave - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - FindAGrave - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - FindAGrave - Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated
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