Harry Cobby
Air Force fighter ace and senior officer (1894-1955) · Australia · Died at 61
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Something wrong?Air Commodore Arthur Henry Cobby, was an Australian military aviator. He was the leading fighter ace of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) during World War I, despite seeing active service for less than a year.
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Captain Cobby (centre) with officers of A Flight, No. 4 Squadron AFC, and their Sopwith Camels on the Western Front, June 1918![Cobby in his Sopwith Camel while instructing in England, c.1918-19. He organised the high-visibility check paint pattern himself, "not for conceit, but for safety".[4]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/AC0158CobbyCamel1918-19.jpg/500px-AC0158CobbyCamel1918-19.jpg)
Cobby in his Sopwith Camel while instructing in England, c.1918-19. He organised the high-visibility check paint pattern himself, "not for conceit, but for safety".[4]
Group Captain Cobby (right) takes over North-Eastern Area from Air Commodore Frank Lukis (centre) in Townsville, Queensland, August 1942![Air Commodore Cobby and Group Captain Caldwell (right) at Morotai: "the prima donna of one war, and ... the prima donna of the next war".[60]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Cobby_Caldwell_%28AWM_OG3380%29.jpg/330px-Cobby_Caldwell_%28AWM_OG3380%29.jpg)
Air Commodore Cobby and Group Captain Caldwell (right) at Morotai: "the prima donna of one war, and ... the prima donna of the next war".[60]
Portrait of Cobby in 1940Awards
About this person
Country
Australia
Type
Other
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1955 · aged 61
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