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Robert George Coffee
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
80 FTR BOMB SQ 8 FTR BOMB GP
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Date of Death
May 8, 1952
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First Lieutenant Coffee was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 80th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Group. On May 8, 1952, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, burst into flames and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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