Richard Guy Hawkins

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-24 42-40550. Killed in Action (KIA).
 

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

801st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-40550

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in action

29 May 1944

Born

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 5239 ;

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56358654/richard-guy-hawkins

 

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Sources

801st BG Roster, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia