William M Hancock Jr

Military

Damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 7/21/44 in B-24 #44-40290, Interned (INT).

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane. Four men standing in rear and five men kneeling in front

44-40290

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Grace, Idaho, USA

Other

Interned (INT)

Switzerland 21 July 1944

Revisions

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Added S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Removed the "Possible DUPLICATE" flag in the Nickname field and then removed the duplicate person.

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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Changed the label for a POW event to a INT.

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.

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MACR 7260 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database