Kenneth Wade Cobbs

Military
media-53010.jpeg UPL 53010 "Lt. Kochel and crew of the 401st Bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Spirit Of Bloomfield" at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 20 November 1944."

Rear L-R: Joseph Concino, Raymond Callahan, Michael Kochel, Allan Ainley Jr, Thomas Kelly.

Front L-R: Dewey Wofford, Charles Beeson, Kenneth Cobbs.

https://www.fold3.com/image/32157604

Object Number - UPL 53010 - "Lt. Kochel and crew of the 401st Bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Spirit Of Bloomfield" at an 8th Air Force Base in England,...

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Michael Kochel crew. ETD





Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Michael Joseph Kochel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12094940 / O-813718
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102468

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Farmer's Daughter
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

43-38077

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tagalong, Duke's Mixture
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

44-8812

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Beat Me Daddy

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Columbiana, OH 17 May 1924 Son of Irven T and Ada Bell [Crossly] Cobbs.

Enlisted

Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH 25 March 1943 Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio

Died

Alliance, OH 24 June 2010

Buried

Damascus Cemetery Butler Township, Columbiana County, OH 27 June 2010 Damascus Cemetery Butler Township, Columbiana County, Ohio

Other

Hospitalised

Deenethorpe, UK Broken collarbone, bicycle passenger.

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/680793503
https://www.fold3.com/record/89043291/kenneth-w-cobbs-wwii-army-enlistm…
https://www.fold3.com/record/700769513/cobbs-kenneth-w-us-wwii-hospital…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2959
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119637837/kenneth-w-cobbs

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2959

Kenneth Wade Cobbs: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 53010 - "Lt. Kochel and crew of the 401st Bomb Group, in...

Object number: UPL 53023 - S/Sgt Kenneth W. Cobbs, 401BG.