Edward Handorf

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by ME109 and crashed E of Bassum, GR on the return from a mission to Klein Mahow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-38011 'Kinda Ruff'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

351st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-38011

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Kinda-Ruff
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

Events

Event	Location	Date
Died		6 March 1944
Born	Cincinati, Ohio, USA
Buried
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Germany	6 March 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:08:11

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3023 / MACR 3023, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database