Edwin Cowgill

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) near Brandenburg in B-17 'You All Right' aka 'Der Grossarschvogel' #4339125

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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

Aircraft

43-39125

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: You All Right, Der Grossarschvogel
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Martel, Ohio, USA 5 November 1925 Ohio

Died

20 April 1945

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 20 April 1945

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Hutchinson & Cortright

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14174 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database