Armond L Hankin
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Armand entered service in March 1943. He was commissioned Bombardier-Navigator on October 23, 1943, San Angelo, Texas. He participated in the Normandy invasion. Reported "Missing in Action" over Germany. Awards Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Taken from the University of Wisconsin Collection
2nd Lt. Armand L. HANKIN, '44, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hankin, 4430 N.
Woodruff Ave. Milwaukee was killed in action over Germany. He was a bombardier-navigator on a B24 Liberator bomber Named Flack Happy and was initially listed as missing on June 20, 1944. He was later Killed In Action when it was determined that his B24 Liberator bomber crashed in the Baltic Sea. On or about August 6, 1944, his body washed ashore near Sassnitz Ruegen Island and was buried in the community Cemetery of Sassnitz by the German Military
KIA 1944-06-20
Scanned picture
Object Number - UPL 31909 - Photo of 2nd Lieutenant Armond L Hankin Armand entered service in March 1943. He was commissioned Bombardier-Navigator on October 23, 1943, San...
Shot down by fighters crashed into the Baltic Sea on 6/20/44 in B-24 #444012 Killed in Action (KIA)
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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: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Flak Happy
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Manistique, MI 49854, USA | 31 March 1922 | |
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Died |
In Sea near Sassnitz, Germany | 20 June 1944 | 2d Lt. Armond L Hankin ASN 0-695824 was Killed In Action when his Liberator bomber crashed in the Baltic Sea near Sassnitz Germany on 20 June 1944. His body washed ashore on 6 August 1944 and buried in the community cemetery in Sassnitz Germany. On 15 November 1945, 2d Lt Hankin's remains were disinterred and moved to the Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre Belgium and buried in Plot D Row 13 Grave 15 later that year. 17 November 1948, Disinterred Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre Belgium, at request of NOK Samuel Hymen Hankin (Father) for burial at Mound Zion Cemetery, Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States of America. |
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Killed in Action (KIA) |
Milwaukee, WI, USA | 20 June 1944 | Armand graduated from North Division High School Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1940. He then attended University of Wisconsin 1941 through 1942 and Armand signed up to serve in Army Air Corps on 11 September 1942 with deferment to April 1943. Armand entered service in March 1943. He was commissioned Bombardier-Navigator on October 23, 1943, San Angelo, Texas. He participated in the Normandy invasion. |
Revisions
Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF): Hankin, Armand L. O-695814, 2nd Lt. USAAC
Exhibit A: 2BD, 8AF 492nd Bomb Gp: 856th Squadron, Intended Destination: Politz Germany, 20 June 1944 Time 0915 Location of last know whereabouts of missing aircraft Pomeranian Bay B-24J #44-40112 Crew 11
Individual Deceased Personnel File (I.D.P.F.): Hankin, Arnold L. O695814, 2nd Lt. USAAC,
Ancestry.Com Arnold L Hankin, B 31 March 1922 D 20 June 1944
Find A Grave International: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91991086
Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56358575
American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC): http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque_cemetery.aspx?honoreeID=647…
Air Medal and Purple Heart Medals Awards posted at American Battle Monuments Commission The World War II Honor Roll. Ameican Campaign, European Campaign, and WWII Victory Medals are authorized due to time entering service and theater served in for all KIA and MIA service members.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7074 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
