Ernest is the son of Ernest Harold Cocking and Anna M Welsh and the brother of Doris Mary Cocking Shoffner.
During World War II, Ernest (service # 13124170) was a Sergeant in the US Army Air Forces. He was a left gunner with the 3rd Photographic Squadron, 311th Reconnaissance Wing and was awarded the Purple Heart.
On a photographic mission to Tokyo on 09 Dec 1944, the F13-A airplane he was aboard ran out of fuel and ditched into the ocean about 100 miles northwest of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Despite an extensive search, none of the 11 crew members were found.
More information on this mission can be found at Fold3.com, here and here.
Ernest's name is listed in the Courts of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial, which is inside the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
He is also memorialized in Shenkel United Church of Christ Cemetery in Pennsylvania (Memorial # 74623888).
During World War II, Ernest (service # 13124170) was a Sergeant in the US Army Air Forces. He was a left gunner with the 3rd Photographic Squadron, 311th Reconnaissance Wing and was awarded the Purple Heart.
On a photographic mission to Tokyo on 09 Dec 1944, the F13-A airplane he was aboard ran out of fuel and ditched into the ocean about 100 miles northwest of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Despite an extensive search, none of the 11 crew members were found.
More information on this mission can be found at Fold3.com, here and here.
Ernest's name is listed in the Courts of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial, which is inside the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
He is also memorialized in Shenkel United Church of Christ Cemetery in Pennsylvania (Memorial # 74623888).
Ernest is the son of Ernest Harold Cocking and Anna M Welsh and the brother of Doris Mary Cocking Shoffner.
During World War II, Ernest (service # 13124170) was a Sergeant in the US Army Air Forces. He was a left gunner with the 3rd Photographic Squadron, 311th Reconnaissance Wing and was awarded the Purple Heart.
On a photographic mission to Tokyo on 09 Dec 1944, the F13-A airplane he was aboard ran out of fuel and ditched into the ocean about 100 miles northwest of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Despite an extensive search, none of the 11 crew members were found.
More information on this mission can be found at Fold3.com, here and here.
Ernest's name is listed in the Courts of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial, which is inside the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
He is also memorialized in Shenkel United Church of Christ Cemetery in Pennsylvania (Memorial # 74623888).
During World War II, Ernest (service # 13124170) was a Sergeant in the US Army Air Forces. He was a left gunner with the 3rd Photographic Squadron, 311th Reconnaissance Wing and was awarded the Purple Heart.
On a photographic mission to Tokyo on 09 Dec 1944, the F13-A airplane he was aboard ran out of fuel and ditched into the ocean about 100 miles northwest of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Despite an extensive search, none of the 11 crew members were found.
More information on this mission can be found at Fold3.com, here and here.
Ernest's name is listed in the Courts of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial, which is inside the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
He is also memorialized in Shenkel United Church of Christ Cemetery in Pennsylvania (Memorial # 74623888).
Inscription
COCKING ERNEST H JR
SGT 3 PHOTO SQ 311 RCN WG PA
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
