Name:
Wilfred Jerome Koehn
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-795263
Unit:
330th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-02-11
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Rock Island National Cemetery, Illinois
Plot:
E
Row:
Grave:
390
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
2nd Lt Wilfred Jerome Koehn, navigator of the B-24 Liberator 42-63978 “Lonesome Polecat”, took off from station 104 in Hardwick, Norfolk, UK on a bombing mission over Siracourt’s rocket installations. They were shot down by flak at 0954, crushing two civilians and killing all aboard.