Crisp County GaArchives News.....CORDELE BOY WITH FLYING TIGERS 1941 ************************************************ 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 21, 2011, 3:53 pm CORDELE DISPATCH 1941 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 FLYING TIGERS FAMOUS FIGHTERS. HE IS A MUSTANG PILOT ON A P-51. AFTER ENLISTING IN THE U,S.ARMY AIR CORPS, LT. COBB TRAINED IN TEXAS AND LATER AT BARTOW FIELD,FL..AIR BASE WHERE HE WAS ALSO AN INSTRUCTOR BEFORE GOING OVERSEES. HE WON HIS WINGSAS A PILOT AND ALSO AS AN OBSERVER. Additional Comments: HE SURVIVED THE WAR. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/newspapers/cordeleb2977nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb