Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....COBB, GUY T. JR. 1943 WWII - Letters U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 April 22, 2011, 10:44 am CORDELE BOY WITH FLYING TIGERS LT. GUY T. COBB JR. ONE OF CORDELE'S OWN IS NOW IN CHINA WITH THE FLYING TIGERS REALIZING A LONG CHERISHED AMBITION. LT.COBB 22 YEAR OLD SON OF MR.AND MRS. GUY T. COBB SR.HAS ARRIVED SOMEWHERE IN CHINA, ACCORDING TO A LETTER FROM HIM TO HIS PARENTS.AND IS FLYING WITH THE 14TH AIR FORCE,CHENNAULT'S FAMOUS FLYING TIGERS .HE IS A MUSTANG PILOT ON A P-51. AFTER ENLISTING IN THE U.S. ARMU AIR CORPS, LT. COBB TRAINED IN TEXAS AND LATER AT BARTOW FIELD ,FLA. WHERE HE WAS ALSO AN INSTRUCTOR BEFORE GOING OVERSEES. HE WON HIS WINGS AS A PILOT AND ALSO ASAN OBSERVER. Additional Comments: HE SURVIVED THE WAR AND WAS IN INSURANCE AND HOME LOAN BUSINESS,UNTIL HIS DEATH. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/military/ww2/letters/cobbjr1131mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb