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Headstone for: 1Lt Allan E Hannum, 1Lt Richard F Kuna, T/Sgt Omer C Mullins. 95th Bomb Group. Photo via ShaneO findagrave.com contributor.
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg 16-Aug-44 in B-17 42-97797. Flak KO’d #3 and part of wing, ship went down, involved in mid-air collision with 42-37879, crashed Rehmsdorf, NE of Zeitz, Ger. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8175
Awards: PH.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 42-97797 'Full House'16-Aug-44. Flak hit caused mid-air collision, crashed Rehmsdorf, NE of Zeitz, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8175
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Mid air collison and crashed at Rohmdorf on 8/16/44 in B-17 Full House #4297797
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 42-97797 'Full House'16-Aug-44. Flak hit caused mid-air collision, crashed Rehmsdorf, NE of Zeitz, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8175
Awards: PH.
Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 42-97797 'Full House'16-Aug-44. Flak hit caused mid-air collision, crashed Rehmsdorf, NE of Zeitz, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8175
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision in B-17 Full House #4297797
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Had mid air collision and crashed at Rohmdorf on 8/16/44 in B-17 Full House #4297797
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Radio Operator B-17G 42-97797 Missing in Action Brandenburg 16-Aug-44. Flak KO’d No.3 and part of wing, ship went down and was involved in mid-air collision with 42-37879, crashed Rehmsdorf, NE of Zeitz, Ger....
Military | Technical Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Had mid air collision and crashed at Rohmdorf on 8/16/44 in B-17 Full House #4297797
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Allan Hannum crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg 16-Aug-44 in B-17 42-97797. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8175
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 28/2/44; Kearney 18/3/44; Dow Field 7/4/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-H] Horham 8/4/44; transferred 336BS, (ET–H); 49m.
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16 August 1944
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
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| Born | District of Columbia | 1920 |
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Son of Allan Edd Sr and Ruth M Hannum. |
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| Based | Horham | 1944 – 16 August 1944 |
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Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Rehmsdorf, Germany | 16 August 1944 |
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Flak KO’d #3 and part of wing, ship went down an involved in mid-air collision with 42-37879, crashed Rehmsdorf, NE of Zeitz, Ger. KIA. MACR 8175. |
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| Buried | Keokuk National Cemetery, Keokuk, Lee County, IA | 17 July 1950 |
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Re-Interred |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 25 October 2020 17:23:11 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, biography, events and person associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28662910 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 19 December 2015 20:37:42 | Al_Skiff | Changes to surname, middlename, suffix, service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:03:26 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 8175 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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