8th Air Force 425
20 June 1944
Armand entered service in March 1943. He was commissioned Bombardier-Navigator on October 23, 1943, San Angelo, Texas. He participated in the Normandy invasion. Reported "Missing in Action" over Germany. Awards Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Taken from the University of Wisconsin Collection
2nd Lt. Armand L. HANKIN, '44, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hankin, 4430 N.
Woodruff Ave. Milwaukee was killed in action over Germany. He was a bombardier-navigator on a B24 Liberator bomber Named Flack Happy and was initially listed as missing on June 20, 1944. He was later Killed In Action when it was determined that his B24 Liberator bomber crashed in the Baltic Sea. On or about August 6, 1944, his body washed ashore near Sassnitz Ruegen Island and was buried in the community Cemetery of Sassnitz by the German Military
KIA 1944-06-20
Scanned picture
Object Number - UPL 31909 - Photo of 2nd Lieutenant Armond L Hankin Armand entered service in March 1943. He was commissioned Bombardier-Navigator on October 23, 1943, San...
Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: 81 P-51 from IX Fighter Command also supported the Magdeburg mission - 1 loss- pilot MIA/Killed in Action (KIA) no included in table. Claims include 8-0-3 on the ground.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: Claims include 5-0-9 on the ground,
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: No claims.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: P-47 Fighter Groups took part. Specific units not identified in available source data. All 8th Air Force Fighter Group participated in the fighter operations described. Fighter Order numbers not listed in source data.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-752847
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-807441
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 364th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: At enlistment : 16089415 / O-759086
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14147493 at enlistment, then O-817122
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Mazie R, Little Dog
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group Base Air Depot 2 364th Fighter Squadron
Revisions
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.
