Eugene Theron Hassing

Military

Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Earl McDaniel crew. 35 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

People

Allen J Deen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39042101
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: mos 757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF

James H Harp

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Otis D Hawkins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal

Robert Laverne Head

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18128187 / O-78873
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: MOS 748 Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Reuben Hofferber

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39616652
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

42-107058

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: White Angel
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

42-107083

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

42-107121

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kentucky Colonel aka Helena II
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

42-38013

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

42-38014

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little America II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron

Missions

731

  • Date: 30 November 1944

729

  • Date: 29 November 1944

722

  • Date: 23 November 1944

718

  • Date: 20 November 1944

715

  • Date: 16 November 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ogden, UT 13 July 1916 Clifford Eugene and Chloie Ann [Prows] Hassing.

Enlisted

Salt Lake City, UT 23 July 1942 Salt Lake City, Utah

Other

Discharged USAAF

26 May 1945 Honourable discharge.

Enlisted

28 May 1951

Other

Discharged USAF

22 July 1963 Honourable discharge.

Died

28 February 1974

Buried

Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, UT Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah

Based

Grafton Underwood Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/202114191
https://www.fold3.com/image/597578401
https://www.fold3.com/record/85004656-eugene-t-hassing
https://www.fold3.com/record/85004656-eugene-t-hassing
https://www.fold3.com/record/624200939-eugene-hassing-1916
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=1626
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21075874/eugene-theron-hassing

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ContributorDylanHearn
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Sources

384thBombGroup.com

Date
ContributorDylanHearn
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Personal War Service Record, 384thBombGroup.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 / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…