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Floyd Bryson Cobb

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Floyd Bryson Cobb

March 17, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

J/5498

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Commemorated on Page 65 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

THORNABY-ON-TEES CEMETERY
Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Plot O. Row O. Grave 13.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Photo of grave marker courtesy of Rich Allenby (see www.allenby.info/aircraft/planes/insea/am804.html) At 09.50hrs on the 17th of March 1942 Hudson #AM804 crashed into the sea about a mile off Redcar and broke up. Redcar lifeboat went to try and help but were only able to recover one body at the time. Two others were later washed ashore. Buried in Thornaby on Tees Cemetery: P/O (P) John H Braybrooks MiD RAF, aged 30 Sgt (OB) William A Walker, aged 26, of Kisbey, Sask. P/O (OB) Floyd B Cobb, aged 23, of Outlook, Sask. The following names are inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial. Sgt (OB) Francis H McMullin, of Kamloops, Victoria, B. C. Sgt (WAG) Louis J Krapek aged 19, of Huntsville, Ont. F/Sgt (WAG) Jack R Dickerson RAF, aged 21, of Holkham, Norfolk.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo of grave marker courtesy of Rich Allenby (see www.allenby.info/aircraft/planes/insea/am804.html) At 09.50hrs on the 17th of March 1942 Hudson #AM804 crashed into the sea about a mile off Redcar and broke up. Redcar lifeboat went to try and help but were only able to recover one body at the time. Two others were later washed ashore. Buried in Thornaby on Tees Cemetery: P/O (P) John H Braybrooks MiD RAF, aged 30 Sgt (OB) William A Walker, aged 26, of Kisbey, Sask. P/O (OB) Floyd B Cobb, aged 23, of Outlook, Sask. The following names are inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial. Sgt (OB) Francis H McMullin, of Kamloops, Victoria, B. C. Sgt (WAG) Louis J Krapek aged 19, of Huntsville, Ont. F/Sgt (WAG) Jack R Dickerson RAF, aged 21, of Holkham, Norfolk.

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