Paul Enoch Hammond
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
Object Number - UPL 21510 - Paul Hammond - Mason City, 379th BG, KIA
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 2 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen / Wilhelmshaven in B-17 42-29915 11-Jun-43; Shot down, plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1760
Awards: PH.
MACR shows rank as Cpl, marker shows Sgt.
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: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20119730 / O-731722
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Thunder God
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 June 1943
- Date: 29 May 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Boscobel, WI | 19 October 1921 | Son of Thomas Daniel Hammond and Sadie Ellen [Groom] Kaloplastos. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Des Moines Iowa | 11 June 1942 | Fort Des Moines, Iowa |
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Died |
North Sea | 11 June 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen / Wilhelmshaven in B-17 42-29915 11-Jun-43; Shot down, plane crashed into North Sea. KIA MACR 1760 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Kimbolton | 11 June 1943 | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, IA | Re-Interred Memorial Park Cemetery Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, IA | |
| Mason City, IA | Moved to Mason City, IA 1924 | ||
| Cerro Gordo County, IA | Entered service from Cerro Gordo County, IA | ||
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Other Training |
Tyndall field, FL | Training locations- Jefferson Barracks, MO Sebring, FL Tyndall field, FL [Recvd Gunners wings] | |
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Other Operational training |
Kearney Field, NE | Wendover field, UT Gowen Field, ID Sioux City air base, IA Watertown, SD Kearney, NE |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/648273166
https://www.fold3.com/image/28714300
https://www.fold3.com/record/89897881-paul-e-hammond
https://www.fold3.com/image/310952143?rec=300667624
379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, November 1942-July 1945
http://www.8thairforce.com/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55375440/paul-enoch-hammond
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1760 / MACR 1760; The 379th Bombardier Group Anthology, pg 262 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
