World War II Honoree

Cecil C. Cochran, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Wildwood, Florida

Honored By

Ray S. Bassett

Relationship

Friend

SERVED AS PILOT OF THE LOCKHEED P-38 (F-5) LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT, FLEW UNARMED PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. WITH THE 5TH AIR FORCE, 91ST WING, 6TH PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE GROUP, 8TH PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON FROM JANUARY 1945 TO MAY 1946. DUTY STATIONS WERE LEYTE, PHILIPPINES AND CLARK FIELD, MANILA, PHILIPPINES. LATER ASSIGNED TO OKINAWA THEN TO KYUSHU, JAPAN AFTER JAPAN'S SURRENDER.