John W Hancock
MilitaryShot down on 6 September 1943 in B-17 #4230007. Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base. Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-17 #4239831. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
Events
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 5 November 1943 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1383 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Roll of Honor; MACR 1383, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 268