John R Hawpe Jr
MilitaryShot down 25 May 1944 in B-24 #41-29140 'Banger'. POW.
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Banger
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fort Worth, Texas, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 25 May 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
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Changed A/C type from "B-17" to "B-24" per info at 446th BG website.
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity. Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5250 / MACR 5250; The History of the 46th Bomber Group, pg 102 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database