Warren Grover McCoy was born on October 27, 1920, in Jerusalem, Conway County, Arkansas. He was the son of Luther Washington McCoy. He was married to Blanche Christine Dorsett McCoy. He served in the 351st Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Second Lieutenant and Co-Pilot of a B-17 bomber and was reassigned as an Operations Officer during World War II.

On July 14, 1944, Bastille Day, the United States Army Air Forces carried out Operation Cadillac, one of the largest Allied aerial resupply missions of World War II, delivering urgently needed weapons, ammunition, and supplies to the French Resistance. Hundreds of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers, escorted by fighter aircraft, flew from England to drop thousands of containers over designated Resistance zones, including Moustoulat in Corrèze.

McCoy participated in the mission, and after that appointment, he flew various aircraft with different crews until his departure in November 1944. He ended his military service as a Captain. In 1994, he returned to France with fellow members of the 100th Bomb Group at the invitation of the French Resistance to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Bastille Day operation that supplied Resistance forces near Tulle. He died on September 3, 2015, and is now buried in the Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA.

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