Durward Lee Hinds
MilitaryRear L-R: Capt Walter M. Soha, S/Sgt Ward M. Kirkpatrick, 1Lt Samuel H. Anderson, Capt Albert W. Dieffenbach, Capt Glenn E. Hagenbuch, Lt Col Charles E. Marion.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Charles E Zipfel, T/Sgt Dale F. Brandfas, S/Sgt Edward Z. Harmon, S/Sgt Durward L Hinds, S/Sgt George W. Henderson.
1-May-42 Originally assigned as the Engineer on B-17F 41-24619 [GN-S],"S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, but served mostly in Aerial Gunner positions. 25-Oct-42 arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard "S-for-Sugar".
Mission Participations (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 23 January 1943
- Date: 13 January 1943
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
13 April 1919 | ||
Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Boise, ID, USA | 1 May 1942 | Assigned as Engineer on B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar" 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 25 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as an Aerial Gunner aboard B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar" 303BG/427BS. |
Other Mission #1, SGT Durward L. Hinds, w/B-17F 41-24584, 303BG/427BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK |
Other Mission #2, SGT Durward L. Hinds, w/B-17F 41-24619, 303BG/427BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, SGT Durward L. Hinds, w/B-17F 41-24619, 303BG/427BS |
Lille, France | 13 January 1943 | Served as Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the Lille Fives Locomotive Works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, SGT Durward L. Hinds, w/B-17F 41-24619, 303BG/427BS |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Served as Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
Died |
8 July 1997 | ||
Buried |
Pine Grove Cemetery McArthur, Shasta County, CA | 11 July 1997 | Pine Grove Cemetery McArthur, Shasta County, California |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 23-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 13-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Glenn E. Hagenbuch crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-hagenbuch.html
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Glenn E. Hagenbuch crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-hagenbuch.html
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Summary Biography; made connections to Place, AIrcraft (through 23-Jan-43) and Missions (through 23-Jan-43) per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Glenn E. Hagenbuch crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-hagenbuch.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.303rdBG.com roster