Malcolm Charles Hawkins

Military

Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Sidovar crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-95304; shot down by fighters Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10701





Awards: AM (OLC), PH (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force drops supplies over a Prisoner of War camp in Austria, May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9 May 1945, Last 'combat' mission of 461st BG to British POW camp near Villack, Austria. #33 flown by Lt John Stegman- 765th BS.'

461st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Nicholas R Sidovar

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 766th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-823998
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-95304

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 766th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Torretta

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Cerignola #3

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

London, England 24 May 1922 Son of Frank D Hawkins.

Enlisted

Richmond, VA 1 October 1942 Richmond, Virginia

Other

Baled out POW

17 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-95304; shot down by fighters POW MACR 10701

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 17 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Canyon Country, CA 23 March 1999
Concan, TX

Based

Torretta 17 December 1944 Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF.

Buried

Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles National Cemetery Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

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