Cobb, Nelson Alexander (Flight Lieutenant)

Took off from Graveley at 23:09 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code TL-S Bomber Command) on an operation to Cologne Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed just south of Ãœlpenich, Zülpich, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany.

Killed includes Cobb:

POWs: Flight Sergeant Charles Henry Bullock RCAF R/79195 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flying Officer Mark Anthony Sachs RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flight Sergeant Walter Palfrey Trask RCAF R/62971 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Roland Hurlston Baldwin RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flying Officer David Archibald Codd RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flight Sergeant Jack Edward Stuart Matthews RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Flying Officer Leonard Whiteley RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.

The Citation for his D.F.C. reads, "This officer has acquired a reputation for a very high standard of photography, while his infectious enthusiasm and energy have made him a most valuable member of the squadron. He was on his 42nd operational flight when his ship failed to return. He stuck to his ship to the last to enable his crew to bail out to safety." Flight Lieutenant Cobb had completed one tour and had begun his second tour of operations when his Halifax aircraft HR 850 was shot down at Ulpenich, Germany. Two Canadians, Pilot Officer C.H. Bullock and FS W.P. Trask were taken Prisoners of War.