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

Headshot of man wearing military uniform and hat.

Kenneth Melvin Lentz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35227030
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front.

Walter J Maddock

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

John C McCool

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

Earl C McDaniel

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

James F McGuire

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

Aircraft

42-97142

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Thor, God of Thunder
  • Unit: 546th Bomb Squadron 457th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group

43-38501

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweet Chariot
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

43-38548

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

43-38588

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Eileen's Kindergarten
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

43-38616

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

Missions

The B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50468) nicknamed "Sleeping Dynamite" of the 93rd Bomb Group flies over countryside with a formation of fellow Liberators. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Photo ex a/c 617 11/11/44. Archer.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '1044/R.F. 93BG Libs on way to enemy target 11/11/44.'

712

  • Date: 11 November 1944

707

  • Date: 9 November 1944

705

  • Date: 8 November 1944

688

  • Date: 25 October 1944

681

  • Date: 17 October 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/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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384thBombGroup.com

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ContributorDylanHearn
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Personal War Service Record, 384thBombGroup.com

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