John Owings Cockey Jr

Military
media-7324.jpeg UPL 7324 Capt. James O. Cockey - 784th BS Operations Officer - later squadron C.O.
1LT Willford S. Waller - 784th BS Navigator
1LT Mahlen H. Mattison - 784th BS Bombardier
Capt. Roger C. Hamel - 784th BS Commanding Officer 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7324 - Capt. James O. Cockey - 784th BS Operations Officer - later squadron C.O. 1LT Willford S. Waller - 784th BS Navigator 1LT Mahlen H. Mattison -...

Commanding officer of 787th BS Killed in training mission in B-24 # 42-51331. Collision of 'Glad to See Ya' with the Archibald Williams crew over England

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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?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-51331

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

Missions

576

  • Date: 26 August 1944

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).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Baltimore, MD, USA 2 June 1941

Died

Gooderstone, King's Lynn PE33, UK 16 September 1944

Buried

Reisterstown, MD, USA All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery Reisterstown Baltimore County Maryland, USA
Glyndon, MD, USA 212 Central Avenue

Enlisted

Maryland, USA

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, events and aircraft associations. Changes to Role of Honour Picture. Changes to Role of Honour Picture
Sources

'Attlebridge Diaries" - John Woolnough - page 122, 123
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100277382

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to role and unit associations
Sources

466th BG Historian

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to role, events and place associations
Sources

466th BG Historian

Date
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Combat Chronology Supplement, Attlebridge Arsenal p 265, p 202 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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