09/09/03
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Willie M. McCoy and Clara M. Wright, McCoy's parents, marry in Orange County, Indiana.
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10/10/05
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Norman McCoy born in Orleans, Indiana.
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11/17/06
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Helen Mae Richmond (1st of 3 wives) born in Missouri. Will be McCoy’s first wife for 6 years
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11/30/06
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Rose Frances Bernard (3rd of 3 wives) born. Will be McCoy’s 3rd and final wife for 3 more years before he passes.
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05/16/07
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Alyce Kimball (2nd of 3 wives) born. Will be McCoy’s 2nd wife for 22 years.
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06/09/07
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Damon ("Dick") L. McCoy born, McCoy’s younger brother.
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XX/XX/10
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McCoy is 4 and residing with family (parents William May and Clara, 33 and 32?, Brother Damon (Dick) 2) in Orleans, Orange, Indiana.
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1914
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Arthur Kimball Junior is born and would later become McCoy's brother-in-law. Arthur eventually teaches McCoy to fly in a bi-wing plane.
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10/10/15
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Arthur A. Linquist born (changes name to Allyn A. Linquist for professional reasons). Al will become McCoy's son-in-law when he marries
daughter Pamela in 1954.
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05/21/16
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Mary A. McCoy born, McCoy’s younger sister in Orange County Indiana.
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XX/XX/18
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McCoy’s father sells the farm and moves to Walnut, California.
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XX/XX/19
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Arthur Allyn Linquist is 4 and resides in Omaha Ward 6, Nebraska with Father Arthur 36, Mother Isabella C, 40, and younger brother Robert
Eugene, 2.5.
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XX/XX/20
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McCoy is 14 and residing with family (parents William and Clara, Brother Damon). In San Jose, Los Angeles, California.
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XX/XX/23
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McCoy family moves to Pomona in 1923.
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1924
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McCoy starts working for the Los Angeles Times as a photo-engraver until 1932. McCoy became a Master Engraver during this period.
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1924
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It was published that McCoy learned to fly Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" bi-planes starting in 1924 and that he traveled around the country putting
on barnstorming exhibitions. Pamela McCoy says it was Alyce's pilot brother Arthur (Pamela's Uncle) who taught McCoy to fly bi-planes.
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07/05/24
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Marriage license listed in the Tuesday, 06/30/25 edition of the LA Times. McCoy, 19, marries Helen McCoy, 18, nuptials that would span 6
years and produce two daughters, Barbara Jean McCoy and Patricia Mae McCoy. Helen has no more children with McCoy, but Barbara
marries twice and produces two McCoy grandsons. It is unclear as to whether or not Patricia had any McCoy grand-offspring. The Sunday
following June 30 is July 5th which a likely date for the wedding date. By Tuesday, 07/07/24, a posting in the San Bernadino County Sun lists
them as honeymooning in the mountains. McCoy is listed as an engraver in the piece, so that career was started prior to July. Helen is
listed as being in her high school senior class.
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05/06/26
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1st Daughter Barbara Jean is born to Mike and Helen Richmond McCoy.
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03/11/29
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2nd Daughter Patricia Mae is born to Mike and Helen Richmond McCoy.
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1930
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Allyn A. Linquist is 14 and living in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska with father Arthur L, 46, mother Isabel, 50 and younger brother Robert E, 10.
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1930
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McCoy is 24 and living in Alhambra, LA, California with wife Helen Richmond McCoy, 23, and daughters Barbara J, 3, and Patricia 1.
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McCoy divorces 1st wife Helen Richmond after 6 or 7 years.
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1931
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McCoy marries 2nd of 3 wives, Alice L. Kimball, who will be his wife for 22 years.
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1932
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McCoy leaves his job as a photoengraver for the LA Times this year.
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1933
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At 18, Allyn A. Linquist forms the Al Linquist Jazz orchestra of Fort Myers through at least 1939.
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05/15/34
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3rd Daughter born to McCoy overall, Pamela Ann McCoy is born to McCoy and wife Alyce Kimball McCoy in Pasadena, Los Angeles County,
California. Pamela is the couple's 1st Daughter.
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08/19/35
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Allyn A Linquist arrives from Le Havre, France, on the Normandie to NY, NY.
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1935
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Professional boxer and was billed as the "Keel McCoy," according to Pamela McCoy. Other accounts list his boxer name as "The Real
McCoy" and "Kid McCoy." As of 07/14/17 unable to validate.
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?
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McCoy tries his hand at horse ranching.
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?
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Newspaper reporter for Los Angeles Herald Examiner, a William Hearst owned newspaper. Roles as reporter and learns to become a
Master Engraver.
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?
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McCoy learns to fly in a bi-wing airplane from brother-in-law Arthur Kimball. McCoy becomes a barnstorming pilot.
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?
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McCoy operates a private flying school but when war broke in Europe, he promptly joined the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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09/01/39
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World War II officially started.
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01/11/400
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First usage found of first name "Michael" preceding Norman Wright McCoy, a suggestion Pamela McCoy stated was her mother's idea.
Perhaps this was due to possible identity confusion with Norman Selby, who boxed as "Kid McCoy" until convicted
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01/15/40
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McCoy helps start up the California Aero Squadron headquartered in Los Angeles County, "volunteering services of its members in time of
distress, emergency, crisis or disaster." Later shown as a "maintenance Officer" for the squadron.
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08/23/40
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Michael N W McCoy shown in newspapers as part of a dozen new inductee officers into the RCAF at Manning Depot, Exhibition Park, in
Toronto, Canada. They await training from instructors with the RCAF.
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07/05/41
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McCoy receives approval to join the RCAF appointed to post as "Flight Lieutenant" Flying Officer serving as a Ferry Command pilot and
instructor. He trained Canadian pilots flying Hudson and Hurricane bombers to England gaining 2,000 hours of flying time.
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10/22/41
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Allyn A Linquist enlists at Camp Blanding, Florida at 26 years of age.
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1942
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McCoy stationed as a flight instructor at Sebring, Floriaa.
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1942
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McCoy transfers from the RCAF to the US Army Air Corps as a Captain and serves with the 315th Bomb Wing located at Northwest Field on
Guam. At this time he is a veteran of over 16,000 flying hours. The 315th Bomb Wing consists of the 16th, 331st, 501st and 502nd Bomb
Groups.
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1942
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Pinecastle Army Airfield acquires 2,116 acres of land and is used as a training base for B-17 Bomber crews.
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1942
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During WWII serves as a B-29 Group Commander at Maxwell AFB .
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1942
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After the war, McCoy made the 1st successful Japan to Washington, DC, non-stop flight in ”The Fluffy Fuz”, a B-29. ???
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1942
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Al Linquist forms band Al Linquist and the Rhythmaires developing friendship with longtime friend Herbie Rogers.
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01/28/42
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306th Bombardment Group (Heavy) constituted.
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03/01/42
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306th Bombardment Group (Heavy) activated at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. Intensive training with B-17 Flying Fortress follows anticipating
combat duty in Europe.
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06/18/42
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Allyn A Linquist selected as bugler for the officer candidate school while entertaining Squadron H buddies with a small jam session on his
trumpet.
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06/30/42
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Al Linquist is a Lieutenant, recently graduated from Officer’s Training School at Miami Beach.
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07/30/42
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Allyn A Linquist stationed at Windover Field Utah and is an engineering officer in the Army Air Corps.
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08/XX/42
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306th B-17 training complete.
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09/XX/42
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306th transferred to Thurleigh, England.
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10/09/42
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Allyn a. Linquist is overseas.
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10/09/42
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306th B-17 crews fly bombing raids against locomotive works in Lille, France.
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1943
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01/27/43 Colonel Frank Armstrong, 306th Commander, led first B-17 bombing raid on German soil on U-Boat construction plant at
Wilhelmshaven. McCoy reportedly flew with mission.
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1944
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In 1944, McCoy was the Commanding Officer of a B-29 training Group in Alabama.
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1944
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Allyn A Linquist,29 marries wife Frances Madeline Sumner, 23, in Lee County, Florida.
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07/XX/44
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315th Bombardment Wing activated at at Peterson Field, Colorado with 4 very heavy B-29 Superfortress bombardment groups.
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03/XX/45
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315th Bombardment Wing moves to Guam in Mariana Islands of Central Pacific Area.
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05/07/45
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Germany surrenders World War II.
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06/18/45
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McCoy is stationed in Tucson.
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06/XX/45
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As an Operations Officer, McCoy goes on 12 combat missions over Japan in the B-29 “Stratofortress” while serving with the 315th Bomb
Wing on Guam.
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06/26/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 1 Target - Utsube Oil Refinery, Yokkaichi (90.20 - 1684)
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06/30/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 2 Target - Nippon Oil Co. at Kudamatsu (90.20 - 672)
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07/02-03/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 3 Target - Maruzen Oil Refinery at Shimotsu (90.25 - 1764)(Osaka area)
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07/03/45
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Allyn a Linquist is a Lieutenant stationed at Langley Field VA. Visits Ft. Myers.
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07/06-07/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 4 Target - Maruzen Oil Refinery at Shimotsu (90.35 - 1764) (Osaka area)
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07/09/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 5 Target - Utsube Oil Refinery at Yokkaichi (90.20 - 1684)
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07/12-13/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 6 Target - Kawasaki Petroleum Center (90.17 - 128)
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07/15-16/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 7 Target - Nippon Oil Co. at Kudamatsu (90.32 - 672)
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07/19-20/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 8 Target - Nippon Oil. Co. at Amagasaki (90.25 - 1203)
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07/23-24/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 9 Target - Ube Coal Liquefaction Co. (90.32 - 1841)
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07/25-26/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 10 Target - Mitsubishi Oil Refinery (90.17 - 116) Hayama Petroleum Center at Kawasaki (90.17 - 127)
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07/28-29/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 11 Target - Shimotsu Oil Refinery (90.25 - XXI - 5046)
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08/01-02/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 12 Target - Kawasaki Petroleum Center, Hayama Petroleum Center and Mitsubishi Oil Refinery (90.17 - 128, 127,
and 116)
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08/05-06/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 13 Target - Ube Coal Liquefaction Co. ( 90.32 - 1841 )
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08/06/45
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
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08/09/45
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Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
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08/09-10/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 14 Target - Nippon Oil Refinery at Amagasaki ( 90.25 - 1203 )
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08/14/45
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Japan surrenders.
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1945
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Among his combat missions was possibly the last one of the war, the Air Force here said. He was returning from the mission when he
heard of the Japanese surrender on his radio.
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08/14-15/45
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315th Bomb Wing Mission 15 Target - Nippon Oil Co. at Tsuchizaki/Akita ( 90.6 - 1066 ) "Tsuchizaki Air Raid"
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11/02/45
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Four B-29’s carrying 43 tired, happy men home from the war completed a nonstop flight from Japan to Washington in 27 hrs. 29 mins.
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11/03/45
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McCoy holds position as the Air Inspector for the 315th Bomb Wing.
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01/1946
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Captain McCoy stays with 315th McCoy until January 1946 when he becomes Group Executive Officer of 374th Troop Carrier Group.
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1946
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First Bell Aircraft unpowered tests of the supersonic X-1 aircraft tested at Pinecastle Army airfield.
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01/30/46
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Barbara Jean McCoy, 1st McCoy daughter through 1st wife Helen Richmond who marries Michael R. Weatherbee, delivers 1st McCoy
grandson, Mike Weatherbee. Later changes last name to CapDeville when Barbara remarries.
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03/XX/46
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The X-1 program is moved to the remote Muroc Airfield amid the deserts of California for secrecy. The Airfield would later be renamed
Edwards AFB.
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05/15/46
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Gen. Frank Armstrong's Fluffy Fuzz IV set one more record for the 501st — soaring to an altitude of 45,600 feet with a pay load of 1000
kilograms and Major Ross, Ops. Off. of the 501st, as AC.
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1946
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Allyn A Linquist divorces wife Frances Sumner Linquist in Lee County. No children.
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1947
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The Bell Aircraft project transferred back to Orlando.
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1947
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McCoy is Chief of Maintenance for Far East Air Material Command and a Lt. Colonel.
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02/26/47
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McCoy's lightning blasted B-17 flight from Japan to Okinawa happens, carried in many US newspapers on 3/24/1947.
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03/24/47
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Articles come out in many US newspapers re-telling McCoy's harrowing 2/26 B-17 flight from Japan to Okinawa.
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09/13/47
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Barbara Jean McCoy, now married to Charles A. CapDeville, delivers 2nd McCoy grandson, Jeffrey Cecil CapDeville.
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10/9/47
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McCoy promoted to rank of Major (on his birthday).
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1948
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Wife Alyce McCoy and daughter Pamela join McCoy in Japan.
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05/25/48
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McCoy is relocated back to states. Daughter Pamela McCoy, 14, and wife Alyce L. McCoy, 37, pregnant with Penny, arrives from Yokohama
Japan in Seattle, Washington aboard the Edmund B. Alexander.
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07/01/48
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Effective date of McCoy's promotion to Lieutenant Colonel
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08/10/48
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19th Bomber Wing activated
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07/XX/48
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McCoy is assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB as commanding officer over the 64th Bomb Squadron of th 43rd Bombardment Group.
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09/03/48
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Patricia Mae McCoy, now married to John Ramsey, delivers 1st McCoy granddaughter, Kathleen Mae Ramsey.
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10/08/48
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5th and final Daughter born to McCoy overall, Penny Lee McCoy is born to Mike and Alice McCoy. It is the couple's 2nd Daughter.
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A significant milestone was passed in early December that greatly boosted confidence in the basic technique of inflight refueling. A 43rd
Bombardment Group aircraft commanded by Lt. Col. Michael N. W. McCoy flew a non-stop 9,870 mile course that included an undetected
pass over Pearl Harbor on december 7. His B-50 made successful refueling contacts with 509th tankers 400 miles west of San Diego and
over San Nicholas Island. A tanker from the 43rd also rendezvoused with the bomber over Bylas, Arizona.
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12/07-09/48
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McCoy’s 43rd Bombardment Group B-50A, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Michael N. W. McCoy, flew from Carswell AFB, Texas, to
Hawaii, dropped a practice bomb, and then returned to Carswell. The flight was made possible by KB-29Ms assigned to the 43rd and 509th
Air Refueling Squadrons.
http://www.alternatewars.com/WW3/WW3_Documents/USAF/SAC_70_AR/SAC_70_Years_Aerial_Refuelling.htm
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01/XX/49
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Lt. Col. Michael McCoy takes on position as Commanding Officer over 43rd Bombardment Group at Davis Monthan AFB.
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02/25/49
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McCoy’s 43rd Bombardment group tried a first attempt at a non-stop around the world flight but engine problems with the B-50A “Global
Queen” sustained engine problems and landed at Lajes Air Base, Azores.
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02/26/49
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A back-up plane named “Lucky Lady II” commanded by Captain James Gallagher launched from Carswell, returning to Texas on March 2nd.
It completed its 23,452 mile journey in 94 hours and 1 minute with four in-flight refueling. Afterwards SAC Commander General Curtis Lemay
told the press that the SAC could now deliver an atomic bomb anywhere in the world as air refueling tankers now made it possible.
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10/26/49
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Lt. Col. Michael N. W. McCoy, deputy commanding officer of the 43rd Bombardment Group at Davis-Monthan AFB was promoted to the rank
of Colonel.
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10/27/49
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McCoy has a senior pilot rating including 120 combat hours and 12,000 hours in the air. He is also listed as being a member of the
"Caterpilar Club," an informal association of people who have successfully used a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft.
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01/XX/50
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01/DD McCoy is SAC project officer for cold weather air-to-air refueling test at Goode bay, Labrador.
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02/24/1950
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McCoy is Deputy Commanding Officer of 43rd Bombardment Group at Davis-Monthan AFB. He has 12,000 hours in the air and 2,000 hours
flying over the water with the RCAF.
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06/25/50
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First B-47A delivered.
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09/XX/50
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306th Bomb Wing activated at MacDill AFB in Tampa.
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1950
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Gets asked if he wants to be the Commander of the 306th bombardment group which was to be the 1st B-47 outfit in the AF. Accepts and is
restationed at MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida.
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1950
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McCoy makes a B-50 flight from the US to Hawaii and back, non-stop in 42 hours. This proved the feasibility of an around the world flight in
a bomber.
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