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| With the outbreak of WW2,
Cobby returned to active service on July 25 1940 as Director of
Recruiting. By August 1942 as an Air Commodore, he had become
operational commander of the RAAF in Western Australia.
He was awarded a George Medal for his actions on September 7 1943 when a Catalina flying boat in which he was a passenger, crashed on landing. Although injured himself, he played a major part in rescuing other survivors from drowning. Later, after commanding the RAAF Staff College, he commanded an operational Group in the South West Pacific area from July 1944, which became the 1st Tactical Air Force on October 21 1944. He left the RAAF as an Air Commodore CBE DSO DFC GM in 1946 to return to civil aviation and died on Armistice Day, November 11 1955. Captain Arthur Henry
Cobby GM, DSO, DFC and 2 Bars |
| Kill | Date | Type | Result | Location |
| 1 | 21/3/1918 | Albatros D V | Out of control | S Brebieres |
| 2 | 21/3/1918 | Albatros D V | Destroyed | S Brebieres |
| 3 | 30/3/1918 | Pfalz D Ill | Destroyed | S E Arras |
| 4 | 10/4/1918 | Albatros D V | Destroyed | S E Estaires |
| 5 | 20/4/1918 | Pfalz D Ill | Destroyed | Neuve-Eglise |
| 6 | 21/4/1918 | Balloon | Destroyed | Merville |
| 7 | 30/4/1918 | Albatros D V | Destroyed | Estaires |
| 8 | 30/4/1918 | Balloon | Destroyed | Estaires |
| 9 | 1/6/1918 | Balloon | Destroyed | N Estaires |
| 10 | 1/6/1918 | Albatros D V | Destroyed | Estaires |
| 11 | 17/6/1918 | Pfalz D Ill | Destroyed | E Laventie |
| 12 | 17/6/1918 | Pfalz D Ill | Destroyed | E Laventie |
| 13 | 19/6/1918 | Pfalz D Ill | Destroyed | Nieppe Forest |
| 14 | 25/6/1918 | Pfalz D Ill | Destroyed | Estaires-Laventie |
| 15 | 26/6/1918 | Pfalz D Ill | Destroyed | S E Armentieres |
| 16 | 28/6/1918 | LVG C | Destroyed | E Outtersteene |
| 17 | 28/6/1918 | Pfalz D Ill | Destroyed | S E Estaires |
| 18 | 28/6/1918 | Halberstadt C | Destroyed | Wytschaete |
| 19 | 2/7/1918 | Balloon | Destroyed | Bac St Maur |
| 20 | 2/7/1918 | Fokker Dr I | Destroyed | N E La Bassee |
| 21 | 9/7/1918 | A.G.O. C | Destroyed | N E Gravelin |
| 22 | 14/7/1918 | Balloon | Destroyed | Estaires-La Bassee |
| 23 | 15/7/1918 | Pfalz D Ill | Destroyed | Armentieres |
| 24 | 15/7/1918 | Pfalz D Ill | Destroyed | Armentieres |
| 25 | 6/8/1918 | LVG. C | Destroyed | S E Bac St Maur |
| 26 | 7/8/1918 | Unidentified 2 seater | Destroyed | Lestrem |
| 27 | 7/8/1918 | Pfalz D Ill | Destroyed | S E Annentieres |
| 28 | 16/8/1918 | Fokker D VII | Destroyed | Wavrin |
| 29 | 4/9/1918 | Fokker D VII | Out of control | Wattignies |
