Robert Cozens
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot/Command Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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Robert J Nicholson
Military
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Robert C. Cozens Crew 95th BG - 334th BS Back Row" Robert C. Cozens (P), James W. Reed (CP, Willard W. Brown (N), Earl t. DeWolf (B) Middle Row: John C. Webb (FE), Robert G. Decker (R/O), Robert J. Nicholson (WG), Roy M. Ballard (BTG) Front Row: Nicholas W. Biltcliffe (WG), John S. Burkot (TG)
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #42-6039. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Service
People
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William McPherson
Military | Captain | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 42-30135 'Trouble Shooter. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Leslie Palmer
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #42-6039, Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Units served with
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95th Bomb Group
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August... -
334th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-29801
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 20/2/43; Patterson 28/2/43; Colorado Springs 29/3/43; Kirtland 9/5/43; Peterson 12/5/43; Geiger 23/7/43; Assigned (as F-9) 1 Photo Gp Bolling 1/9/43; 19 Ph Gp MacDill 2/8/44; 902 BU Orlando 5/8/44; 19 Ph Gp MacDill 14/10/44; 247 BU... -
42-30220
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/43; Gore 10/5/43; Peterson 20/5/43; Patterson 13/6/43; Assigned 1st Map Gp Bolling 4/7/43; Bradley 27/7/43; Accra, Gold Coast 31/12/43; Returned to the USA (F-9) 1st Photo Gp MacDill 3/4/44; 4100 BU Patterson 20/10/44; 91 Photo... -
42-30273 'PATSY ANN III'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 7/5/43; Gore 8/5/43; Cheyenne 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Kearney 27/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 16/6/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-F] Horham 17/6/43; with R.C. Cozens force landed RAF St Eval 28/6/43; Missing in... -
42-5791 'Ruthless'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 31/1/43; Salina 14/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Brookley 27/3/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-E] Horham 19/4/43; 412BS [QW-S]; 5m, transferred AFSC 6/43; on personnel ferry to Southport 29/12/43 with Alden Witt, Co-pilot: Bill Gaffney,... -
42-6039 'Blondie III'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 30/6/43; Amarillo 18/7/43; Dallas 9/8/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-H] Horham 14/10/43; 5m, Missing in Action 29/11/43 with Les Palmer, Co-pilot: Ray Grass, Bombardier: Joe Kolar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Wilbert, Radio...
Missions
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VIII Bomber Command 55
13 May 1943
The large fighter sweeps of the last several weeks have not been successful in drawing any significant numbers of German fighters in opposition. So, if the German will not send his fighters up for a one-on-one confrontation with the American P-47s,... -
VIII Bomber Command 61
29 May 1943
Three primary targets are selected for this mission. The U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France are selected as the target for a force of 169 B-17s despatched from: 91BG (23); 92BG (22), 303BG (30); 305BG (25) 306BG (24); 351BG (21) and 379BG (24). This is... -
VIII Bomber Command 63
13 June 1943
German naval facilities and port areas at Bremen, Germany and Kiel, Germany are the primary targets for this mission. A formation of 151 B-17s despatched from: 91BG (21); 92BG (17); 303BG (27); 305BG (24); 306BG (28); 351BG (21); and 379BG (13) are to... -
VIII Bomber Command 67
25 June 1943
This mission was intended to be the first major attack on the industrial area of Hamburg, Germany but weather and contrails made fromation flying too difficult and dangerous. As a result, the main formation 197 B-17s from: 91BG (18); 92BG (23); 303BG ... -
VIII Bomber Command 69
28 June 1943
The primary specific target for this mission are the lock gates at St. Nazaire, France to be attacked by two separate formations and also another force is despatched to bomb the German airfield at Beaumon Le Roger, France. A formation of 120 B-17s of... -
VIII Bomber Command 71
4 July 1943
The aircraft factories at Le Mans and Nantes, France and the lock gates and harbour facilities at La Pallice, France are the primary targets for this mission. The mission is comprised of three elements: ... -
VIII Bomber Command 73
14 July 1943
The German air depot at Villacoublay, France and the German airfields Amiens/Glisy and Le Bourget at Paris, France are the primary targets for this mission. These attacks are made by three separate elements: 116 B-17s are despatched from 92BG (15);... -
VIII Bomber Command 82
15 August 1943
German airfields in Holland and France are the targets for this mission. All of the attacks were made late in the afternoon just prior to sunset. The mission is composed of two elements. The first element is a combined force of 180 B-17s from: 91BG (20... -
VIII Bomber Command 86
24 August 1943
The 8th Air Force is intent on dishing out some "pay back" to the Luftwaffe for the toll it took on bombers of the 17-Aug-43 mission to Schweinfurt/Regensburg. So, This mission has three attack elements and a diversion element. The attack elements are... -
VIII Bomber Command 88
31 August 1943
This mission is composed of two elements. The first element is composed of 170 B-17s from: 91BG (16); 92BG (19); 303BG (20); 305BG (18); 306BG (18); 351BG (21); 379BG (21); 381BG (19); and 384BG (18). The primary target for this element is German...
Associated Place
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Horham
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Syracuse, New York, USA | |
| Shot Down/Captured | 4 miles SE of Friesoythe, Germany | 29 November 1943 |
| POW | Zagan, Poland (then Sagan, Germany) | December 1943 – May 1945 |
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Stalag Luft III |
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Revisions
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| 27 February 2021 19:23:03 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 25 July 2020 01:33:04 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, role, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:23:38 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1560 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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