Cocklin, Homer J

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Cocklin, Homer J ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number	33014913 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, effective 11 March 1943.
Duty	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
Last Duty Date	25 July 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 4 July 1943 per General Orders #79, Headquarters 1st Bomb Wing dated 17 July 1943.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 1 January 1919 Ordered to attend Gunnery School at Snettisham, Norfolk, for approximately 10 days beginning on or about 30 May 1943, on SO #21 dated 30 May 1943. Students are required to bring .50 cal. Ammunition, gas mask, steel helmet, mess equipment, blankets, clothing for ten days, and draw 'PX rations' in advance. Promoted to Technical Sergeant effective 15 June 1943 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 18 June 1943.
Related Documents	Post Loss Document File #9⇗
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Original 384^th Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
Flt. Ofcr. Hall, Ralph Jackson⇗	Pilot	POW
Flt. Ofcr. House, Rodney Wayne⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Janson, Robert Matthew⇗	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Palazzo, Anthony (NMI)⇗	Bombardier	CT
S/SGT. Davis, Smith James⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Cocklin, Homer J	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Valcour, Albert Roland⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Parrish, James Stanley⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
S/SGT. McNeal, Paul Ernest⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
SGT. Smiley, Reamond Cook⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 5 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗	22 June 1943	Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑30143⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
6⇗	4 July 1943	Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Le Mans, France	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑3230⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
7⇗	10 July 1943	Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑30139⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
9⇗	24 July 1943	Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑3230⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
10⇗	25 July 1943	Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑3122⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Disabled by enemy action over target; details unknown; crashed in Hamburg, Germany area. No MACR Sortie Report⇗

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