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Name: Arthur Henry Cobby Country: Australia Rank: Captain Service: Australian Flying Corps Units: 4, 71 Victories: 29 Date Of Birth: August 26, 1894 Place of Birth: Melbourne Date Of Death: November 11, 1955 |
Cobby joined the Australian Flying Corps on December 22, 1916. Assigned to 71 Squadron, he arrived in France in 1918 and scored 29 victories flying the Sopwith Camel. A cunning and aggressive pilot, obby was the highest scoring ace in the Australian Flying Corps and the only Australian credited with downing 5 balloons. |
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British Aces of WW1 - Arthur Cobby