Coughlin, Robert Vincent

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Coughlin, Robert Vincent ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-679331 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #136 dated 5 November 1943, effective 5 November 1943.
Duty	Bombardier
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	26 November 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 8 October 1921 Graduated from Bombardier School at Childress AAF, Childress, Texas, Class #43-07, 13 May 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 1662⇓ (34.187 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Amundson, Leslie Otho⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Marcollo, William Theodore⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Faragasso, Frank (NMI)⇗	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Coughlin, Robert Vincent	Bombardier	POW
SGT. Deftos, Minot Fred⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Howard, Murray Max⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Lord, Lawrence Frederick⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Brown, Cecil William⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
PVT. Chairet, Frank (NMI)⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
SGT. Zesch, Charles Emil⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 1 Combat Mission.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
37⇗	26 November 1943	Target: City Center Type: Non-Military Location: Bremen, Germany	Bombardier	42‑29987⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Damaged by enemy aircraft, force-landed with injured crewman near Donkerbroek, the Netherlands; MACR 1662. Sortie Report⇗

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