Dallas L Hawkins

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

2nd Lieutenant Dallas L. Hawkins was born December 24, 1918. His next of kin were his wife, Mary Lee Hawkins, and his parents, Ralph and Elsie Hawkins. His hometown was Worthington, West Virginia.



Flew 15 bombing missions between 6 May and 19 July 1944. Killed in Action (KIA) over Lechfeld, Germany 19 July 1944 as Pilot of B-17G 42-102511. All crew Killed in Action (KIA) except one Waist Gunner who became a Prisoner of War (POW). Waist Gunner, Doyle Borchers, was thrown from plane and later wrote a book about his experience. Only three bodies found after plane hit directly by flak and fell to pieces.



He is buried in the Shinnston Masonic Cemetery in Shinnston, West Virginia.



PH/ Air Medal w/ OLC/ Campaign Ribbons w/ Battle Stars





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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

German soldiers inspect the damaged tail section of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-102511) that has crashed near Lechfield. First handwritten caption on reverse: '19-7-44.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'Photo No 1- tail of B-17 G serial no 42.102511, 398th (B) Group. On left side in the background the burning rest's of the front part.'

42-102511

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Worthington, West Virginia 24 December 1918 2nd Lieutenant Dallas L. Hawkins was born December 24, 1918. His next of kin were his wife, Mary Lee Hawkins, and his parents, Ralph and Elsie Hawkins. His hometown was Worthington, West Virginia.

Other

Killed in action

19 July 1944 On July 19, 1944, he was the pilot of B-17 tail 42-102511 of the 398th Bomb Group, 602nd Bomb Squadron, when his aircraft was shot down over Weil, Germany. The entire crew was killed.

Buried

Shinnston, WV 26431, USA He is buried in the Shinnston Masonic Cemetery in Shinnston, West Virginia.

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 7544 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorWW2 Researcher Bill Beigel
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IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Fortresses Over Nuthampstead, pg 37