Koehn Wilfred Jerome

Monuments

B-24 (42-63978) "Lonesome Polecat" Monument

Siracourt United States Air Force Fallen Airmen Monument

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:

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.