Joseph Gilbert Cosgrove

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Trier on 9/12/44 in B-24 Pappy's Persuader

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

"Movement of Unit Flight Echelon, 491st Bomb Gp (H), dd 14 Mar 44 & amendments thereto dd 18 Unr 44 & 22 Mar 44 & 2nd AF Memo 35-2, dd 11 Apr 44• This is a TEMPORARY change of station.

44-40144

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Pappy's Persuader
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Waturbury, New Hampshire 25 November 1921

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 12 September 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8858 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database