Lewis Francis Cockerill

Military

Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Perkinson crew. 2nd combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Aschersleben in B-24 42-95008; Shot down by fighters and crashed near Papenburg on 29-Jun-44 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7086



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Robert Harrison Hannaman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16009951 / O-743444
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-95008

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Able Mabel
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Arlington, Virginia 20 October 1923 Son of Welby H and Nellie Lee Cockerill.

Enlisted

Richmond, VA 18 August 1943 Richmond, Virginia

Other

Baled out POW

Papenburg, Germany 29 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Aschersleben in B-24 42-95008; Shot down by fighters and crashed near Papenburg on 29-Jun-44 POW MACR 7086

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 29 June 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Based

Horsham St Faith 29 June 1944 Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16790097/welby-h_-cockerill
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7086 & Page 274 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010