Irl Ray Cosby Jr

Military
media-44953.jpeg UPL 44953 1LT Irl Ray Cosby
Photo Recon Pilot
7th PRG - 22nd PRS

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Object Number - UPL 44953 - 1LT Irl Ray Cosby Photo Recon Pilot 7th PRG - 22nd PRS

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-67128

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group

42-67246

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
The nose art of an F-5 Lightning nicknamed "Ginger Snap", of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Handwritten on slide case:"Ginger Snap R. Astrella"

42-67566

  • Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
  • Nicknames: Ginger Snap
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 22nd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Spokane, WA 20 October 1922

Other

Assigned to the 7th PRG

Mount Farm Airfield, UK 17 April 1944

Died

Lynnwood, WA 28 August 2015

Buried

Lynnwood, WA 31 August 2015 Floral Hills Cemetery Lynnwood, Snohomish County, Washington, USA

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/27767982/person/506764…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154784765/irl-ray-cosby
"Eyes of The Eighth" - Patricia Fussell Keen
page 106

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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