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Submitted: 9/23/15 • Approved: 4/7/21 • Last Updated: 4/10/21 • R90121-G0-S3
LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN
Royal Air Force
England
unknown - February 20, 1943
Casualty of WWII, Vincent was a Leading Aircraftman 1231372 in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve ~ Service No: 1231372
He was 20 and the son of William Alfred and Lilian Cockman of Ilford, Essex, England.
Inscription:
"Fearless And Gay, Into God's Arms He Flew. He Died In The Supreme Endeavour."
A flight of nineteen AT-6s left Terrell for a cross-country flight to Miami, Oklahoma. The weather deteriorated and an attempt was made to recall the aircraft. Fourteen planes returned to Terrell, two planes reached Miami, one plane made a forced landing in Oklahoma, and two planes crashed in the Kiamichi mountains near Moyers, Oklahoma. Vincent was one of the four pilots who went down in the mountains. There is memorial set up for them by a group of school children outside of Moyers, Oklahoma. {T.K.}
Contributed on 9/23/15 by tomannkill
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