Frank Albert Hawn

Military
media-55525.jpeg UPL 55525 Frank A Hawn

Nicole Anderson Grand Daughter

Object Number - UPL 55525

Assigned to 411FS, 373FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Bonn airfield section joined melee with 25+ Me109's and 4 x Fw190's shot down in dogfight. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11493.



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

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 373rd Fighter Group 411th Fighter Squadron

Places

  • 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.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 357, Stalag XI-D

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

San Diego County, CA, USA 14 February 1922 Son of Alvitus Hawn and Margaret Minnie Cruz Hawn.

Enlisted

Buckley AFB Denver, CO, USA 19 February 1943 Buckley Field, Denver Colorado

Other

Shot down

Bonn, Germany 23 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Bonn airfield section joined melee with 25+ Me109's and 4 x Fw190's shot down in dogfight. POW. MACR 11493.

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 23 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

San Diego, CA, USA 7 March 2009

Buried

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, CA 11 March 2009 Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, California
California, USA

Based

Woodchurch 23 December 1944 Assigned to 411FS, 373FG, 9AF USAAF.

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