Joseph Jacob Alvin Hanzook
MilitaryAssigned to 703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return Misburg in B-24 42-50729 26-Nov-44; hit by fighters, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 11216
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16137531 / O-823508
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Tivetshall
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, Maryland, USA | 30 December 1922 | Son of Savia and Anna Hanzook. |
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Enlisted |
Baltimore, MD | 13 March 1943 | Baltimore, Maryland |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 26 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Misburg, Germany | 26 November 1944 | Failed to Return Misburg in B-24 42-50729 26-Nov-44; hit by fighters, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 11216 |
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Died |
Severna Park, MD | 23 December 2000 | Joseph Jacob "Joe" Hanzook Sr., 78, died Dec. 23, 2000 of Parkinson's disease at FutureCare/Chesapeake of Arnold. A native of Baltimore, he had lived in Pasadena for 15 years and Severna Park for more than 30 years. He graduated from Glen Burnie High School and from Johns Hopkins University in 1949 with a degree in industrial engineering. He was a sales engineer with Honeywell, Tate Engineering and Diebold. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps as a second lieutenant and was shot down during a raid over Hanover, Germany, in 1944. He spent 18 months as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft I on the Baltic Sea. Among his decorations was the Purple Heart. He was an elder and usher at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church of Severna Park and a past member of the Severn River Swim Club. His hobbies were boating, crafts and fishing. Survivors include his wife, Lillian, whom he married in 1945; one son; three daughters; four sisters and eight grandchildren. |
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Based |
Tibenham | 26 November 1944 | Assigned to 703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Birsic MACR 11216 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11216 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database