Personal File · AirmanKilled in Action
Wilfred J. Koehn.
Navigator
The man.
§ Biography
2nd Lt. Wilfred J. Koehn (O-795263) served as navigator aboard B-24D 42-63978, 330th Bombardment Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group (H).
Koehn was killed in action on 11 February 1944 near Dieppe, France. German burial records note him as 'W. W. FRED J.' (likely OCR corruption of Wilfred J.) and assign individual grave No. 800 at the English Memorial Cemetery Les Vertus.
No next-of-kin address is legible in the surviving documents for Koehn.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
1st Lieutenant
Position
Navigator
Serial Number
O-795263
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · newest first
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 218
11 Feb 1944
Siracourt, France
“Lonesome Polecat”
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Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Les Vertus English Memorial Cemetery
Location
Roumesnil-Languedoc, France