Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until December 13, 1945.
Bobby served as a Captain & Pilot on C-87 #41-23791, 3rd Squadron, 1st Ferry Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Alameda County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on June 2, 1941, prior to the war, in San Francisco, California. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
C-87 #41-23791 took off, with a crew of 5 & 1 passenger, from Chabua, India on routine ferrying flight to China. They were not seen nor heard from again. The entire crew was lost.
In 2008 this C-87 was found by MIA Recoveries. They crashed on a mountain side in the Arunachal Pradesh Providence, India for an unknown reason. No remains were found.
Bobby was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was previously awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross" and the Air Medal.
Service # O-433806
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Airmen who perished on C-87 #41-23791:
Cook, Bobby A ~ Capt, Pilot, CA
Falvo, John P ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, MI
Jones, H C ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, KY
Looney, Robert L ~ Pvt, Radio Operator, NE
MacIntosh, Thomas L ~ M/Sgt, Passenger, MS
Siegel, Marvin ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, IL
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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Bobby served as a Captain & Pilot on C-87 #41-23791, 3rd Squadron, 1st Ferry Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Alameda County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on June 2, 1941, prior to the war, in San Francisco, California. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
C-87 #41-23791 took off, with a crew of 5 & 1 passenger, from Chabua, India on routine ferrying flight to China. They were not seen nor heard from again. The entire crew was lost.
In 2008 this C-87 was found by MIA Recoveries. They crashed on a mountain side in the Arunachal Pradesh Providence, India for an unknown reason. No remains were found.
Bobby was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was previously awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross" and the Air Medal.
Service # O-433806
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on C-87 #41-23791:
Cook, Bobby A ~ Capt, Pilot, CA
Falvo, John P ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, MI
Jones, H C ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, KY
Looney, Robert L ~ Pvt, Radio Operator, NE
MacIntosh, Thomas L ~ M/Sgt, Passenger, MS
Siegel, Marvin ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, IL
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until December 13, 1945.
Bobby served as a Captain & Pilot on C-87 #41-23791, 3rd Squadron, 1st Ferry Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Alameda County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on June 2, 1941, prior to the war, in San Francisco, California. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
C-87 #41-23791 took off, with a crew of 5 & 1 passenger, from Chabua, India on routine ferrying flight to China. They were not seen nor heard from again. The entire crew was lost.
In 2008 this C-87 was found by MIA Recoveries. They crashed on a mountain side in the Arunachal Pradesh Providence, India for an unknown reason. No remains were found.
Bobby was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was previously awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross" and the Air Medal.
Service # O-433806
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on C-87 #41-23791:
Cook, Bobby A ~ Capt, Pilot, CA
Falvo, John P ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, MI
Jones, H C ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, KY
Looney, Robert L ~ Pvt, Radio Operator, NE
MacIntosh, Thomas L ~ M/Sgt, Passenger, MS
Siegel, Marvin ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, IL
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bobby served as a Captain & Pilot on C-87 #41-23791, 3rd Squadron, 1st Ferry Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Alameda County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on June 2, 1941, prior to the war, in San Francisco, California. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
C-87 #41-23791 took off, with a crew of 5 & 1 passenger, from Chabua, India on routine ferrying flight to China. They were not seen nor heard from again. The entire crew was lost.
In 2008 this C-87 was found by MIA Recoveries. They crashed on a mountain side in the Arunachal Pradesh Providence, India for an unknown reason. No remains were found.
Bobby was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was previously awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross" and the Air Medal.
Service # O-433806
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on C-87 #41-23791:
Cook, Bobby A ~ Capt, Pilot, CA
Falvo, John P ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, MI
Jones, H C ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, KY
Looney, Robert L ~ Pvt, Radio Operator, NE
MacIntosh, Thomas L ~ M/Sgt, Passenger, MS
Siegel, Marvin ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, IL
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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