Herman Cohen
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Standing, from left to right : Wilfred N. Hansen, Navigator ; Lothrop Caldwell, Co-Pilot ; Orville H. Brewer, Pilot; Coleman C. Duncan, Bombardier; Walter Kuchinos, Engineer.
Front, row, left to right : Herman Cohen, Nose Gunner; Charles P. Dye, Ball Turret Gunner; Francis M. Nine, Tail Gunner; Donnell F. Miller, Radio Operator; William Wilson, Right Waist Gunner.
( Photo from http://www.493bgdebach.co.uk )
Added détails
Added photo, from http://www.493bgdebach.co.uk
Object Number - UPL 19635 - The Orville Brewer crew at Mc Cock Army Airfield, Red Willow County, Nebraska, 10 April 1944. Standing, from left to right : Wilfred N. Hansen,...
Shot down 14 June 1944 in AC #42-52750. Killed in Action (KIA).
Connections
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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: 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-690179
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-696013
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19022536
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-700161
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York, New York State, United States | 7 March 1915 | the son of Russian-born Gussie Cohen |
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Enlisted |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States | 9 September 1941 | |
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Died |
14 June 1944 | The Germans reported to the surviving crew members that Sgt Cohen's body was found in the wreckage of the plane, his chute unopened. Apparently, as Cohen was last seen preparing to jump and the last one out after the Bombardier, he was wounded in the ankle by small arms ground fire and did not manage to jump. | |
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Buried |
Steene, France | 17 June 1944 | Initially buried in the Church cemetery of Steene, France, near the crash place |
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Buried |
Champigneul-Champagne, France | 27 May 1946 | Exhumed from the Steene Church cemetery and buried at the temporary U.S. Military cemetery in Champigneul, ±45km SE of Reims, France |
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Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | 2 May 1949 | Sgt Herman Cohen rests at the Epinal Cemetery, Plot A, Row 48, Grave 13 |
| Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States |
Revisions
Added Herman Cohen's name to the Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998, ABMC; MACR 5910, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / MACR 5910 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database