Seymour Cohen

Military
media-20013.jpeg UPL 20013 Trall Wertz's original crew put together in the States and sent to Old Buckenham Air Base in East Anglia, England. Several crew members were Killed In Action prior to March 6, 1944. Golbski, Diederich and Anderson had already been MIA on a mission February 22, 1944. Trall's Co-Pilot, Gilbreath was MIA March 6, 1944 flying with another crew, and a member from Crockett’s crew by the name of Santora was MIA ironically in the same plane as Gilbreath. The names below were written on the back of the photo in Trall’s handwriting:
Front Row from Left to Right: Pilot, Lieutenant George Wear (Colombia, Louisiana), Seymour Cohen, Navigator (New Jersey),
Ralph J. Swafford, Bombardier (St. Louis, Missouri), Co-Pilot, Second LieutenantLt. Ray Gilbreath (Massachusetts)
Back Row from Left: T/Sgt. Trail W. Wertz, Radioman (Jeannette, Pennsylvania), Jim Meyers, Nose Gunner (Buffalo, New York)
Staff Sergeant James Golbski, Lower Gunner (Biddendorf, Iowa), Raymond J. Diederich, Top Gunner (St. Joseph, Michigan),
Staff Sergeant Richard Anderson, Tail Gunner (North Canton, Ohio), Robert B. Williams, Engineer (Sheibourne, Massachusetts)

Information provided by grand-nephew of Trall W. Wertz, Bruce B. Wertz

Object Number - UPL 20013 - Trall Wertz's original crew put together in the States and sent to Old Buckenham Air Base in East Anglia, England. Several crew members were Killed...

Seymour's father was a Romanian Jew, his mother Austrian. With the exception of one brother, her family all died in the Holocaust. Seymour was a lawyer, passing the New Jersey Bar in 1938. He was drafted about 2 years later, and volunteered for the USAAF. After the war, he became a successful attorney with his own practice in New Jersey. He and his wife Anita had three daughters.

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

People

John Austin Nortridge

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0663084
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52234

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Corky Burgundy Bombers
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, NY, USA 9 September 1916

Enlisted

Trenton, NJ, USA 6 August 1941

Died

Fair Lawn, NJ USA 4 October 1997

Revisions

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Sources

An Emotional Gauntlet, Stuart J Wright, Pen & Sword Books, © 2004
Fold3, enlistment records
ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / p234 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION edited by Randy Baumgardner, D790.A2S45

Seymour Cohen: Gallery (4 items)

Object number: UPL 20013 - Trall Wertz's original crew put together in the...

Object number: UPL 20156 - B24 42-52234 Corky

Object number: UPL 20157 - B24 42-52234 Corky, with the Nortridge crew (crew...

Object number: UPL 20158 - B24 42-52234 Corky