Phillip Robert Hammond

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-51044.jpeg UPL 51044 2LT Phillip Robert Hammond
Pilot
466th BG - 787th BS - 8th AF
KIA 12 August 1944

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Object Number - UPL 51044 - 2LT Phillip Robert Hammond Pilot 466th BG - 787th BS - 8th AF KIA 12 August 1944

Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed in channel in B-24 Gruesome Goose #4128747

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

Alfred Aloisi

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36035236
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Lewis L Barrett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34097849
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

James Terry Bass

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14020893
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Robert H Council

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-768008
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Ernest F Feltz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35552186
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

41-28747

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Gruesome Goose
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

Missions

545

  • Date: 12 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pratt, Kansas 30 July 1921

Buried

Jefferson Barracks, Lemay Township, MO 63125, USA 27 March 1950 Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay St. Louis County Missouri, USA Plot: SECTION 82 SITE 14C

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

English Channel 12 August 1944 Hammond will KIA after ditching his a/c in the English Channel
Rocky Ford, CO 81067, USA 410 South 8th Street

Revisions

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Sources

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Date
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http://us-census.mooseroots.com/l/185915944/Phillip-Hammond

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7911 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Phillip Robert Hammond: Gallery (3 items)

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