Robert Merwin Hockman

Military

Assigned 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

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28853) of the 456th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force explodes in mid-air over Blechammer as a result of a direct flak hit. 20 November 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28853) of the 456th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force explodes in mid-air over Blechammer as a result of a direct flak hit. 20 November 1944.
  • 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
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wilkinsburg, PA 23 August 1918 Son of Olive Hockman.

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, PA, USA 20 May 1941 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 20 November 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Leflore County, MS, USA 4 April 1969

Buried

IOOF Cemetery Greenwood Leflore County MS 7 April 1969 IOOF Cemetery Greenwood Leflore County Mississippi, USA

Based

Pantanella 20 November 1944 Assigned to 783BS, 465BG, 15AF USAAF.
Pennsylvania, USA