Edward Wallace Hasson
MilitaryDrafted into 29th Division (National Guard) in March 1941. Transferred to Army Air Corps in August 1942. Trained as a Bombardier and was sent overseas. Assigned to 388th Bomb Group / 563rd Bomb Squadron. Shot down on his seventh mission, 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-5942 "Sky Shy". Prisoner of War (POW). Returned to the United States and was discharged in September 1945.
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: 12024448 and T-60282
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33789491 and O-800304
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13076894
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31160005
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sky Shy/ Wenatchee Special
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407628.jpg.webp?itok=SpfDIv0I)
- Date: 6 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Maryland, United States | 29 August 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States | 29 March 1941 | |
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Other Bailed out |
6 September 1943 | from B-17 # 42-5942, shot down by fighters and Flak | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
6 September 1943 - 29 April 1945 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. Force-marched end of January 1945 to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. Liberated by US troops | |
| Baltimore, Maryland, United States | |||
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Died |
Maryland, United States |
Revisions
MACR 3121
NARA WWI enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3121 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database