Newton Roe Cobb
MilitaryAssigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Tarnewitz in P-51D 44-14035 'Etta-Jane' hit by flak strafing airfield, forced landing W of Klutz 13-Apr-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13901.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Ettu June
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Memphis, TN, USA | 1 September 1923 | Horace T and Bonnie B Cobb. |
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Based |
Honington | 6 February 1945 - 13 April 1945 | Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 13 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Forced landing |
Klütz, Germany | 13 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Tarnewitz in P-51D 44-14035 'Etta-Jane' hit by flak strafing airfield, forced landing W of Klutz 13-Apr-45 POW MACR 13901. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13901 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list