Eugene Theron Hassing

Military

Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Earl McDaniel crew. 35 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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People

Ten men in formal Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a wooded area and a wooden fence. Three men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Each airman has a medal pinned on the left jacket pocket.

Kenneth D Myrick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Seven men standing to the rear and three men sitting in front. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.

Dale D Peloke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

William J Peterson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

John Wright Peterson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-759652
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

George R Pougiales

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-720007
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

44-6476

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 544th Bomb Squadron

44-8430

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Recall
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

Missions

The flak damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 398th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '54600 AC- England- 1st lt Lawrence M De Lancey, Corvallis, Oregon, landed this B-17 safely after its nose was literally shot away by flak over Cologne, Germany. Please Credit: Official US Air Force Photo.' Printed caption on image: 'This B-17 landed safely after losing its nose to flak. US AAF Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '43-38172 of 398th BG.'

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  • Date: 15 October 1944

676

  • Date: 14 October 1944

672

  • Date: 11 October 1944

669

  • Date: 7 October 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ogden, UT 13 July 1916 Clifford Eugene and Chloie Ann [Prows] Hassing.

Enlisted

Salt Lake City, UT 23 July 1942 Salt Lake City, Utah

Other

Discharged USAAF

26 May 1945 Honourable discharge.

Enlisted

28 May 1951

Other

Discharged USAF

22 July 1963 Honourable discharge.

Died

28 February 1974

Buried

Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, UT Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah

Based

Grafton Underwood Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/202114191
https://www.fold3.com/image/597578401
https://www.fold3.com/record/85004656-eugene-t-hassing
https://www.fold3.com/record/85004656-eugene-t-hassing
https://www.fold3.com/record/624200939-eugene-hassing-1916
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=1626
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21075874/eugene-theron-hassing

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384thBombGroup.com

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ContributorDylanHearn
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Personal War Service Record, 384thBombGroup.com

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…