Sources:
- American Legion Post 146, Winthrop, Mass.
- American Battle Monuments Commission
- HonorStates.org
- Ghost Bombers: The Moonlight War of NSG 9
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| David F. Coughlin (1922-1944) - U.S. Army Air Forces, WWII -
was a P-47 fighter pilot with the 57th Fighter Group 66th Squadron, 15th Air
Force. He shipped to Europe July 1943. Flying a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, LT Coughlin was killed in action March
23, 1944 in the sea by Lido di Roma, Italy. He was awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and a Purple Heart. He grew up on Taft Ave. at Point
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| Grave: Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy |
Memorial location: Coughlin Playground
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See: Ghost Bombers: P-47s in combat, 24 March 1944
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