Junius Walter Cobb Jr

Military

Assigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8309) nicknamed "Ol' Buddy" of the 18th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Pete Gray was the aircraft's crew chief. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18th B.S. 34th BG. Pete Gray C/C.'

18th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group

34th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

The wreckage of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-94782) nicknamed "Off Limits", piloted by Lieutenant Guy Gipson of the 34th Bomb Group, following a crash near Dungeness Point on the 22 June 1944. Image via Stewart P Evans. Handwritten on reverse: 'Photo B' '410' 'B-244 crash Dugeness Point 22/6/44'.

42-94782

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Off Limits
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Richmond, VA 13 May 1923

Enlisted

Richmond, VA 12 January 1943 Richmond, Virginia

Died

Union Hall, VA 19 October 2007

Buried

Meherrin United Methodist Church Cemetery, Meherrin, VA 23 October 2007 Meherrin United Methodist Church Cemetery Meherrin, Prince Edward County, VA

Based

Mendlesham Assigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/598204539
https://www.fold3.com/record/23524009-junius-w-cobb
https://www.fold3.com/record/87199204-junius-w-cobb-jr
http://valortovictory.tripod.com/CrewChiefs.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187431321/junius-walter-cobb

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

1996 34th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia