Bell Aircraft Air Cobra Data Plate-AWESOME UPDATED INFO!

Bell Aircraft Data Plate-This is from a 1941 P-39D! This great piece was picked up by a GI who we will identify to the buyer. He was a senior mechanic on B-29s at Tinian and saw the Enola Gay and her crew. He also served on Saipan. The tag is an incredibly rare specimen that measures a little over 3” tall. This is identified as being a cockpit dataplate.  (thank you to our customer HS for identifying this)  It is rounded at the top, says “Bell Aircraft” and has information pertaining to the plane it was removed from. Awesome! 

UPDATED INFO thanks to our crack investigator Tom M! We now know that this was from an Air Cobra that was wrecked in Texas...

USAF serial number: 41-7005

Manufacturer’s serial number: 15-344

Fate: wrecked at Athens TX on 21 Dec 1941 

7005 [MSN 15-344] wrecked at Athens, TN Dec 21, 1941, to CL-26 at Biloxi, MS Feb 26, 1942

Not only that, but we also know who the pilot was!

ROSEBOROUGH, ROBERT GARRETT Jr (‘Little Bob’), photo attached!

Army serial number: 14042623

Enlistment date: 15 Mar 1941 (Jackson. MISS.)

Branch code: 20 (Air Corps)

YOB: 1918

DOB: 21 Aug 1918 (Senatobia, MISS.)

DOD: 23 Oct 1996