George W Cowgill

Military

media-48403.jpeg UPL 48403 1LT George William Cowgill
Pilot
416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF

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Object Number - UPL 48403 - 1LT George William Cowgill Pilot 416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF

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Units served with

416th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

4th Gunnery & Tow Target Flight

Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Other

671st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-9203

Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron

43-9225

Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron

Places

Greencastle

Site type: Airfield

Wethersfield

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Shawnee, Kansas	22 February 1916
Enlisted	San Francisco, CA	16 March 1942
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission	Vacquerie, France	18 March 1944
Other Crash Landed	Wethersfield Airfield, UK	21 April 1944	George Cowgill diary entry: "Got hit twice over target. Guess I'll live though. Alerted for tomorrow. Morton missing. Think he is in the 'ditch' at 11:30 P.M. Washed out my final ship tonite. Rust and I are lucky to be alive. Rest of the time is borrowed." Narrative: Upon investigating the accident it was found that the nose wheel was completely missing and considerable brush was around the main landing gear struts. The cockpit was normal, however, the flaps were only 1/4 down. After searching at the down wind end of the landing runway it was found that the pilot had landed in a field approximately 100 yards short of the runway. The aircraft rolled along on the two main wheels for approximately 20 yards and on all three wheels for another 30 yards at which point it went through a hedge on the side of a ditch. The ditch and shrubbery jerked the nose wheel and strut out of the aircraft and at the same time the aircraft ballooned. The nose wheel and strut were found approximately 30 yeards from the runway and to the right of it. The aircraft next touched down on the runway.
Other Final 416th BG Mission	Bonnieres, France	30 April 1944	Transferred to the 4th Gunnery and Tow Target Flight
Died	Rosamond, CA	26 November 1996
Buried	Oakland, CA	29 November 1996	Mountain View Cemetery Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA Plot P14B G-188-9