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1st Lt. Ear Wade Cochran, picture taken in England
Newspaper clipping reporting a conversation between Aviation Cadets Errol A. Evans and Earl Wade Cochran while stationed at Frederick Field, Ok during twin-engine school (Adv Pilot Tng) before their March 9 commissioning.
Earl Wade Cochran smiling, prepared for takeoff
1st Lt. Earl Wade Cochran; Preflight Pilot tng, San Antonio,TX; Primary & Basic Pilot Tng, Curtis Field, TX; Adv. Pilot Tng, Frederick Field, OK; Piloted B-24 aircraft and commanded crew in aerial offensive maintenance of B-24 aircraft, also radio navigation, radio aids, meteorology, instrument flying, local flying rules, and CAA rules and regulations. Completed combat missions in European Theater of Operations with 8th Air Force. Has 251 combat hours, total flight time 817 hours. Air Medal GO 187 Hq 2 AD 16Apr45 w/4 Oak Leaf Clusters to AM; European African Middle Eastern Service Medal European Theater Ribbon w/4 Bronze Stars
Group
The 446th Bomb Group, who came to be known as "the Bungay Buckaroos" after the name of their Suffolk base, flew B-24 Liberators on strategic, support and interdictory missions over Europe. The Group led the Eighth Air Force and 2nd Bomb Division on the...
Military site : airfield
From late November 1943, the three bases of Bungay, Seething and Hardwick were the stations of the 20th Combat Wing of the Eighth Air Force. The base had previously housed individual squadrons of the 310th Bomb Group (Twelfth Air Force) and of the 93rd...
Other location
Military site : airfield
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | 24 August 1922 |
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Earl Wade Cochran was born |
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| Enlisted | Patterson Field, Ohio, USA | 15 October 1942 |
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Called to AD 1-29-1943 |
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| Based | Bungay | 1 August 1944 – 28 April 1945 |
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Member of the 446th Bomb Group, 251 combat hours |
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| Buried | National Cemetery of the Alleghenies | 6 July 2006 |
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Laid to rest in the |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 April 2020 05:01:07 | Smash591 | Changes to biography |
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Same source material from Earl's second daughter, Mary. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 April 2020 04:48:10 | Smash591 | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events and place associations |
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My aunt, Earl's second daughter sent me copies of Earl's Enlistment Record of, Army Separation Qualification Record, Military Record and Report of Separation Certificate of Service as well as various awards, certificates, photos and a personal note. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 April 2020 04:29:42 | Smash591 | Changes to media associations |
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Picture received from my aunt, Earl's 2nd daughter, Mary. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:08:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.446bg.com/ |
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