Alexander Theodore Hansen
MilitaryAssigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-3325 'Paddy Gremlin'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2687
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-409176
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Paddy Gremlin
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Canton, Ohio, USA | 10 May 1910 | Husband of Marjorie F Hansen. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH | 27 January 1941 | Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 30 January 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Ditched POW |
North Sea | 30 January 1944 | Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-3325 'Paddy Gremlin'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2687 |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
12 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Milwaukee, WI | 10 April 1998 | |
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Based |
Kimbolton | 30 January 1944 | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2867 / MACR 2867, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database