A1C Robert William Hancock (1937-1958)

A1C Robert William Hancock

Birth

12 Jun 1937

Massachusetts, USA

Death

19 Sep 1958 (aged 21)

France

Burial

Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum

Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map

Plot

25 N Bridgett grave #11 west

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Airman 1st Class Hancock was killed in the line of duty when U.S. Air Force C-130A-8-LF Hercules #56-0526 collided in flight with a French Air Force fighter jet and crashed in France. Five Air Force personnel and one passenger (Army?) aboard perished.

314 Troop Carrier Wing.

The other service members who perished were:

Capt Howard K Grasher
1st Lt Elmer E Fawcett
1st Lt Charles W Tillou
A2C Frank M Braun

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MASSACHUSETTS
A1C 41 TROOP CARR SQ AF

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Reuben Joseph Hancock

Anna Estelle Pitts Hancock

Richard Albert Hancock Sr

Leo Edward Hancock

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Reuben Joseph Hancock

Anna Estelle Pitts Hancock

Richard Albert Hancock Sr

Leo Edward Hancock

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