Name:
Floyd James, Jr. Cochran
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-811563
Unit:
562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1943-11-29
State:
Missouri
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Floyd James Cochran, Jr. was a B-17 navigator, assigned to 562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy. He was killed in action aboard 42-3505 on November 29, 1943. Floyd is Missing in Action and is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.