John Michael Cogwin Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16040221 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Satchel Lass
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dipsy Dee
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Bashful Marion
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron 839th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Bemidji, MN | 20 May 1924 | Son of John M Sr and Loretta [Allen] Cogwin. |
Enlisted |
Houston, TX | 21 January 1943 | Houston, Texas |
Other Discharged USAAF |
19 September 1945 | Honourable discharge | |
Died |
3 January 1957 | ||
Buried |
Forest Park Cemetery Houston, Harris County, TX | 6 January 1957 | Forest Park Cemetery Houston, Harris County, Texas |
Based |
Lavenham | Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/roster/487thC.htm
'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9
487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/roster/487thC.htm
'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit Roster