David Lionel Hanst
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 54301 - 1st Lt David Lionel Hanst, 91BG.
Assigned to 322BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew B-17 'Hikin' for Home' and 'Madame Shoo Shoo'. ETD
"David joined the 91st Bomb Group in May 1944. He piloted Hikin’ for Home which he and his crew named as that is what they looked forward to after each target – hiking for home. After completing 35 missions, he returned to the United States where he flew for
the Air Transport Command. (Written by son David)"
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Anne, The Bloody Bucket, Hikin For Home
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Madame Shoo Shoo
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Pittsburgh, PA | 26 September 1918 | Son of Lesta Moore Hanst. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 13 January 1942 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Died |
Huntington Beach, California | 20 June 2017 | |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | Assigned to 322BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
8th AF News, June 2000 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
