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Missing Air Crew Report 6151
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1944 · Missing Air Crew Reports
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
Sgt. Wesley P. Coats served as nose gunner on Lt. Shaw's crew, 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. He was aboard the aircraft on the 20 June 1944 mission to Genshagen (Berlin) when it went missing after being struck by flak and losing two engines.
No status annotation appears next to his name on the MACR. His next of kin was his father, Mr. Harry W. Coats, Box 58, Milton Junction, Wisconsin.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Nose Gunner
Serial Number
16115540
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 20 Jun 1944
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 425
20 Jun 1944
Genshagen (Berlin industrial area)
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record