Burton Francis Hahn
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Via 'USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries' FB page
Object Number - UPL 55505 - 2nd Lt Burton F. Hahn, 489BG.
Assigned to 845BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed near St Lo in B-24 42-94852 MACR 8237
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME, PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-811254
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Bugs Bunny
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Forest Hills, New York | 29 December 1919 | Son of Jerome Hahn. |
|
Enlisted |
Fort Dix, NJ | 15 January 1942 | Fort Dix, New Jersey |
|
Died |
Saint Lo, France | 25 July 1944 | |
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Missing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Basse-Normandie, France | |
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Based |
Halesworth | 25 July 1944 | Assigned to 845BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8237
