John Howard Hawk

Military
media-57416.png UPL 57416 S/Sgt. John H. Hawk

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Object Number - UPL 57416 - S/Sgt. John H. Hawk

Shot down aboard B-24H #41-28782 on 9 June 1944 and taken Prisoner of War. AM, POW.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-41068) of the 485th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Yellow? 44-41068.'

485th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Second World War formation badge for the United States 15th Air Force (United States Army Air Force). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the US Quartermaster General on 19 February 1944. Formation note: the 15th Air Force (US Army Air Force, Fifteenth Air Force) was formed on 1 November 1943 at Tunis in North Africa and moved to Italy on 1 December. The Force was disbanded on 15 September 1945 having participated in twelve campaigns.© IWM (INS 7304)

Fifteenth Air Force

  • Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Garden City, Kansas, USA 16 November 1921

Enlisted

Pueblo, Colorado, USA 15 August 1942

Other

Taken Prisoner of War

Innsbruck, Austria 9 June 1944

Other

Discharged

14 October 1945

Died

Garden City, Kansas, USA 27 January 2006

Revisions

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Added 15th Air Force

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Ancestry.com; NARA: USAF Award Cards

John Howard Hawk: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 57416 - S/Sgt. John H. Hawk

Object number: UPL 57417 - John H. Hawk, 1974

Object number: UPL 57418 - John H. Hawk, 1976