Hazard Justice
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by ME109s and crashed SW of Namur, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 2 March 1944 in B-17G #42-31467 'Sac Hound'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32223005 at enlistment, then O-687202
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15054437
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner/Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16077582 at enlistment, then O-746438
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12156493
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
21 March 1924 | Pike County, Kentucky, the son of Abner L. and Mary Justice | |
Enlisted |
7 December 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky | |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
2 March 1944 | on board B-17 42-31467, shot down by fighters over Belgium | |
Millard, Kentucky | |||
Buried |
Initially buried at the communal cemetery in Gosselies, near Charleroi, Belgium | ||
Buried |
later exhumed and transferred to the temporary American military cemetery in Neuville-en-Condroz, near Liège, Belgium | ||
Buried |
his remains were brought to the USA where they rest at the Justice family cemetery in Millard, Kentucky |
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ContributorED-BB
Changes
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Hazard Justice didn't have any middle initial
MACR 2742
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Air Force casualties for Pike County, Kentucky
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2742, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,
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