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Personal info

Full name
COBB, Harold Lee
Date of birth
5 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South Carolina
Hometown
Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-430787
Rank
Major
Function
Pilot
Unit
Headquarters Squadron,
29th Tactical Air Command Group
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Bronze Star,
Air Medal with 23 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 May 1945
Place of death
Handorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 14 46

Immediate family

Members
John R. Cobb (father)
Mae D. (Hardin) Cobb (mother)
Robert H. Cobb (brother)
John D. Cobb (brother)
Pawl W. Cobb (brother)
James E. Cobb (brother)
Virginia L. Cobb (sister)
Claude S. Cobb (brother)
Frances C. Cobb (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-28378
Data
Type: P-47D
Nickname: Ruff as a Cobb
Destination: Y-94 and U.K.
Mission: Administrative
MACR: 14470

More information

Harold L. Cobb attended the University of South Carolina and was a clerk in the office of his uncle, Judge Cobb, before he joined the Air Corps at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 26 April 1941.

He was promoted to the rank of Captain in November 1943 when stationed at Bluethenthal Field, North Carolina.

Maj Cobb had flown more than 95 combat missions in 1944 and was commanding officer of the Varga Boys squadron. In January 1945, he had completed his 122nd operational mission.

His brother Robert Hardin Cobb also served in the U.S. Air Corps.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - The Greenville News

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.newspapers.com - The Gaffney Ledger, Hannah Majewski - Charles Cobb