Name
James O. Cobb
Born
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e-mail
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Date
Service
Unit
1927-Jan-01
USN
__________________
1941-Jan-12
USN
VP-11
1942-Jan-11
USN
VP-91
1943-Jan-06
USN
NAS Jax
Date
Rate
1933-Jun-01
Ensign
1941-Dec-01
Lt.(jg)
1942-Jan-01
Lieutenant
1942-Nov-01
Lt.Cmdr
Citation
Distinguished Flying Cross
Date
Post
Action
1941-Dec-01
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Flight. Spotted Japanese submarine west of Molokai, Hawaii.
1941-Dec-07
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Strafed (while on foot) by Japanese planes during attack on Pearl Harbor.
1941-Dec-12
Pilot
Flight. At 0800, sighted submarine bearing 122 degrees, 142 miles; radioed for assistance, then assisted in attack. At 0930, attacked sampan with machines guns, bearing 115 degrees, 160 miles from Barbers Point.
1942-Jul-08
Pilot
Flight: extended. Took off for Palmyra.
1942-Jul-09
Pilot
Flight: extended. Took off for Canton Island.
1942-Jul-11
Pilot
Flight: extended. Took off for Suva, Fiji.
1942-Jul-13
Pilot
Flight: extended. Took off for Noumea, New Caledonia.
1942-Aug-05
Pilot
Flight: patrol. Took off 0730, landed 1700. Siezed Ndeni, in the Santa Cruz Islands, as part of Task Force 63.4.2 (USS McFarland) in preparation of the invasion of Guadalcanal.
1942-Aug-07
Pilot
Flight: search. Took off 0900, landed 1700. Searched for 11-P-13 which wasn"t sighted, but was contacted briefly by radio.
1942-Aug-08
Pilot
Flight: search. Took off 0630, landed 1830. Searched for 11-P-13.
1942-Aug-09
Pilot
Flight: search. Took off 0700, landed 1810. Searched for 11-P-13.
1942-Aug-23
Pilot
Flight: transportation. Took off 0730 for Saweni Beach to pick up mail, spare parts, and personnel. Landed 1410.
1942-Aug-24
Pilot
Flight: transportation. Took off 1055 for Espiritu Santo, landed 1530.
1942-Oct-01
Pilot
Flight. Night torpedo attack against Japanese ships bound for Guadalcanal in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands.
Publication
Page
FAW-2 War Diary: 1941-Dec-12
16
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-01 (USS Curtiss detachment)
2
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-05 (Ile Nou detachment)
6
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-07 (USS McFarland detachment)
8
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-08 (USS McFarland detachment)
9
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-09 (USS McFarland detachment)
10
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-23 (USS Curtiss detachment)
24
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-24 (USS Curtiss detachment)
25
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-08
35
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-09
36
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-10
37
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-11
38
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-13
40
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-23
82
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-24
83
VPB-91 War Diary
13
7
Biography