World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert Jackson Hancock
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Louisville, Kentucky
Honored By
Jane Martin Hancock, William, Sharon, Robert, Terence & Janie
Relationship
Wife & Children
CAPTAIN, SERIAL NUMBER 0855293. AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING OFFICER 4823 FOR B-26 AIRCRAFT, 587TH BOMB SQUADRON, 384TH BOMB GROUP, DEPARTED FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS FROM 28 FEBRUARY 1944 TO 21 JULY 1945. SERVED IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM AND GERMANY DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS IN AIR OFFENSIVE EUROPE, NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL. SERVED ACTIVE FROM 19 SEPTEMBER 1942 TO 22 OCTOBER 1945.