Martin Shea Cohen

Military
media-51975.jpeg UPL 51975 S/Sgt Martin S. Cohen, 387BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 51975 - S/Sgt Martin S. Cohen, 387BG

Assigned to 556BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. Jess Watson crew. 55+ combat missions.

Crash landed in B-26 41-31641 at Gosfield, Essex 24-Oct-43. Returned to duty. RTD



Landed at RAF fighter base on 29-Nov-43 in B-26 41-31697 after plane iced up over the Channel. Pilot Lt Walter J Ives, 2 x crew bailed out and were lost. Returned to duty. RTD



Awards: AM (11OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

387th Bomb Group

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

People

Walter J Ives

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Jess A Watson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18054293 / O-662706
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

41-31640

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Lil Grim Reaper
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron

41-31641

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Sheezabeech II / The Payoff
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron

41-31697

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Duck Butt
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Philadelphia, PA 7 June 1922 Son of Harry T. and Anna N Cohen

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA 29 July 1942 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died

Mesa, AZ 4 February 2006

Buried/ Commemorated

National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona Phoenix, Maricopa County, AR 7 February 2006 National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona

Based

Chipping Ongar Assigned to 556BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF.

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"Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Bishop & Hey

Martin Shea Cohen: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 51974 - Wakeman crew, 558BS, 387BG, in front of B-26 41...

Object number: UPL 51975 - S/Sgt Martin S. Cohen, 387BG