2LT Robert E Cockrell (1918-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

2LT Robert E Cockrell Veteran

Birth

18 Mar 1918

Death

5 Apr 1944 (aged 26)

Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA

Burial

Soule Chapel Cemetery

Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi, USA Show Map

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Killed Co-piloting B-24J Liberator #42-73375

when a crash landing was made due to engine

failures, five miles north of Peterson Field,

Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Killed were:

1LT Charles H Everett, Pilot

2LT Robert E Cockrell, Co-pilot

2LT Billy G Adams, Navigator

SSGT John D Di Marino

SSGT Furnifold M Simmons

Killed Co-piloting B-24J Liberator #42-73375

when a crash landing was made due to engine

failures, five miles north of Peterson Field,

Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Killed were:

1LT Charles H Everett, Pilot

2LT Robert E Cockrell, Co-pilot

2LT Billy G Adams, Navigator

SSGT John D Di Marino

SSGT Furnifold M Simmons

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MISSISSIPPI
2ᴅ LT 214 AAF BASE UNIT
WORLD WAR II

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