Thaddeus Isaiah Hawkins Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 48107 - 2nd Lt Thaddeus I Hawkins Jr, 93BG.
Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23983. Some crew members had baled out when the plane exploded blowing some crew clear. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-434473
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Griffin, GA | 27 February 1918 | Son of Thaddeus Isaiah Sr and Marjorie Hawkins. |
|
Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA | 11 November 1941 | Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia |
|
Died Killed in Action |
Brest, France | 16 April 1943 | Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23983. Some crew members had baled out when the plane exploded blowing some crew clear. Killed in Action (KIA) |
|
Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Plot P Row 4 Grave 11 | |
|
Based |
Hardwick | 16 April 1943 | Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Change to aircraft association details according to ‘Losses of the US 8th & 9th Air Forces’, Bishop and Hey
ABMC; Roll of Honor, MACR 15730, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 104 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
