Samuel James Hamm
MilitaryLast seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered on a mission to Brandenburg, GR on 9 Mar 1944, B-24H #4-128611 'Baby Shoes' crashed N of Arendonk, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18209479
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Baby Shoes
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dardanelles, AR | 1 May 1907 | |
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Enlisted |
Tulsa, OK | 8 April 1942 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Macikai, Lithuania | 9 March 1944 - 1 October 1944 | Taken to Stalag Luft 6 where he received medical attention to his broken foot and broken nose (received during interrogation). |
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Other Shot down during mission |
Arendonk, Belgium | 9 March 1944 | According to Sam, two engines were damaged during the bombing run. The other two engines gave out over Belgium. Sam and the pilot, Musselman, jumped out together and were captured. Sam broke his foot during the landing. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 2 October 1944 - 31 December 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 1 January 1945 - 1 May 1945 | Stalag Luft 1. Was liberated by the Russian Army and flown to Camp Lucky Strike in France via B17 airlift, 12-14 May 1945. |
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Died |
Rotan, TX | 10 January 1983 |
Revisions
These updates are from information in government documents in my family's possession. I am Sam Hamm's grandson.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3339 / MACR 3339, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database