KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

SGT Arthur Gerard Coffey

372nd Bombardment Squadron
Air Force
Hostile, Died While Missing (MIA)
Aircraft Type: B-29A
Aircraft Number: 44-61940
Date Of Loss: October 23, 1951
Service Number: AF11200414
Born: May 24, 1933
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Lowell, Massachusetts
Location Or Battle Zone: North Korea
Town Or Area: Namsi Airfield Attack- Yellow Sea

Comments: Sergeant Coffey was a crew member of a B- 29A Superfortress Bomber with the 372th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Wing. On October 23, 1951, while on a bombing mission, the aircraft was attacked by enemy MiGs near Namsi Airfield. It headed toward the Yellow Sea and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on February 28, 1954.

Son of Charles E. Coffey of Lowell, Massachusetts.

Final Disposition Date: January 9, 1952
Korean War Project Key No: 5484

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