John Michael Cogwin Jr

Military
media-49973.jpeg UPL 49973 S/Sgt John Michael Cogwin Jr, 487BG

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Object Number - UPL 49973 - S/Sgt John Michael Cogwin Jr, 487BG

Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

People

Arlon Franklin Ziegler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16040221 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29482

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satchel Lass
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron

42-52640

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dipsy Dee
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a 487th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Bashful Marion". The woman in the nose art is separately named ""Wrong Way" Kairis", and two names are inscribed under the cockpit window (covered by a sheet), a crewman called "Skipper" Schlemm and the crew chief, Technical Sergeant Joe Perisie. Handwritten caption on reverse: '487BG.'

42-52652

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bashful Marion
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron 839th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bemidji, MN 20 May 1924 Son of John M Sr and Loretta [Allen] Cogwin.

Enlisted

Houston, TX 21 January 1943 Houston, Texas

Other

Discharged USAAF

19 September 1945 Honourable discharge

Died

3 January 1957

Buried

Forest Park Cemetery Houston, Harris County, TX 6 January 1957 Forest Park Cemetery Houston, Harris County, Texas

Based

Lavenham Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF.

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487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/roster/487thC.htm

'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9

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487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/roster/487thC.htm

'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit Roster

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Object number: UPL 49973 - S/Sgt John Michael Cogwin Jr, 487BG