Elijah Lee Cockrill Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-7552.jpeg UPL 7552 LT. Elijah Lee Cockrill, Jr.
Bombardier
Crew #627 - Oscar Weeklund Crew
466th BG - 786th BS

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7552 - LT. Elijah Lee Cockrill, Jr. Bombardier Crew #627 - Oscar Weeklund Crew 466th BG - 786th BS

Shot down by flak and crashed near Britaigny in B-24 'Crippled Bitch 41-29371. Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-690016
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Crippled Bitch
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Norway, Michigan, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Brétigny-sur-Orge, France 25 June 1944

Buried

Épinal, France Plot A Row 26 Grave 62 Epinal American Cemetery Epinal, France
Memphis, TN, USA 726 Merton

Revisions

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 6723

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 6723 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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