Robert Merwin Hockman
MilitaryAssigned to 783BS, 465BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from raid on Oil refinery in Blechhammer, Germany. When B-24 42-28853 lost a wing over the target he bailed out of the aircraft and survived to be captured. 20-Nov-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9889.
Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 465th Bomb Group 783rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Squadron Commander - Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 465th Bomb Group 783rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wilkinsburg, PA | 23 August 1918 | Son of Olive Hockman. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 20 May 1941 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Other Shot down / baled out |
Blechhammer, 92439 Bodenwöhr, Germany | 20 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) from raid on Oil refinery in Blechhammer, Germany. When B-24 42-28853 lost a wing over the target he bailed out of the aircraft and survived to be captured. 20-Nov-44. POW. MACR 9889. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 20 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Leflore County, MS, USA | 4 April 1969 | |
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Buried |
IOOF Cemetery Greenwood Leflore County MS | 7 April 1969 | IOOF Cemetery Greenwood Leflore County Mississippi, USA |
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Based |
Pantanella | 20 November 1944 | Assigned to 783BS, 465BG, 15AF USAAF. |
| Pennsylvania, USA |
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