Calvin J Cobb Jr

Military

Crashed into the North Sea sometime after take off on mission to Watten, FR on 2 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7570 'Our Baby', Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-7570

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Our Baby
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Prattville, Alabama

Buried/ Commemorated

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

France 2 February 1944

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ABMC, MACR 2531, 8th Af Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia