World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert E. Cockrell
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Macon, Mississippi
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
SERVED AS A COPILOT OF A B-24J ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED APRIL 5, 1944 WHILE ATTEMPTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING. FOUR OTHER CREW MEMBERS ALSO DIED WHEN THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR PETERSON ARMY AIR FIELD COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.