Richard Henry Hamilton

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media-41925.png UPL 41925 Richard H. Hamilton’s Dog Tag from page 9 at KU-865A at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/142687464 (NARA)

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Object Number - UPL 41925 - Richard H. Hamilton’s Dog Tag from page 9 at KU-865A at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/142687464 (NARA)

Richard Hamilton flew 9 missions as Radio Operator/Gunner. Shot down in B-17 "Destiny's Child" #42-31812 on 20 July 1944. Plane crashed near Chemnitz-Borna after being hit by fighters. Prisoner of War (POW) from July 20, 1944 to April 24, 1945. After interrogation at Dulag Luft, he was interned in Stalag Luft IV in Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland. Quoted : 'I served in the 91 BG + flew on 8 missions over Germany as RO on a B-17...'

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Winton William Blevins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38539322
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

John Robert Butler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18043858 at enlistment, then O-769095
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Richard David Loomis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17120493 at enlistment, then O-717239
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Anson Melburn Riley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39410240
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Joseph F Sammon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12157933 at enlistment, then T-2358
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Destiny's Child." of the 91st Bomb Group.

42-31812

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Destiny's Child
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

28 September 1922 West Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont

Enlisted

22 December 1942 Rutland, Vermont

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

20 July 1944 - 24 April 1945 captured after bailing out of B-17#42-31812, near Chemnitz, Germany. Interned at Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow/Tychowo, Poland. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military Control 12 June 1945.”
West Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont

Revisions

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He’s my uncle

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Family

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NARA WWII Enlistment Records
NARA WWII POW Records
WWII Draft Card
MACR 7281
NARA Captured German Records :
German KU 2526 report at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147890293
VETERANS BIRLS Death File

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Self, via American Air Museum Memory book correspondence

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7281 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self/MACR 7281

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Object number: UPL 41925 - Richard H. Hamilton’s Dog Tag from page 9 at KU...