John Henry Hamilton Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Co-pilot, Schrader, Crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Original member of the 533rd BS and Hendricks crew. 533rd Squadron Operations Officer. Cpt Hamilton replaced original crew member 2Lt Kenneth Johnson as co-pilot on the mission. Shot down 25 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30027. Mission #3 to Hamburg, Germany. MACR 162. KIA. The aircraft crashed near Bensersiel. Germany. His body was never found. Recorded on the Tablets of the Missing ad Lost at Sea in Cambridge AMC. He has a headstone only at Grove Hill Cemetery in Morrison, IL.

Morrison, IL

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6862311
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14124291
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-427643
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32286796
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16126272
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tinker Toy
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Morrison, Illinois 20 March 1920

Enlisted

Savanna, IL 10 September 1940 Savanna Ord Dep Proving Grounds

Other

Killed in Action

Benseriel, Germany 25 June 1943

Based

Ridgewell 25 June 1943

Buried

Tablets of the Missing and Lost at Sea

Buried

Morrison, Illinois, USA Headstone Only: Grove Hill Cemetery

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Added information to biography about replacement co-pilot..
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone

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All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 162
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave
ABMC.gov
NARA Enlistment records
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone

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Duplicate records consolidated into one record. now contains information from: MACR 162 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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