Herbert William Hampy
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 70543 - Capt. Herbert W. Hampy
Shot down 23-Nov-42 in B-17 41-24479 'Sad Sack' while serving as an additional Navigator. Aircraft was seen to feather #2 engine and turn back towards base. 30 miles from the English coast it was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the English Channel. No traces of the aircraft or crew were ever found. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16043224
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-437102
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728177
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727094
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sad Sack
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 7 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Colorado Springs, Colorado | 27 January 1918 | BornColorado Springs, Colorado |
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Enlisted |
Fort Rosecrans, California | 10 August 1940 | EnlistedFort Rosecrans, California |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 23 November 1942 | Killed when the aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the English Channel. His remains were never recovered. |
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Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the MissingCambridge American CemeteryCoton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
Family history. I'm his great nephew. I've got a picture of him I'd like to upload.
The last name is HAMPHY per the MACR 16273 record. An amendment to Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database which spelt his surname 'Hampy'.
ABMC record spells his surname 'Hampy': http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…
Lee Cunningham 30-Nov-2014. Added KIA event per MACR 16273; added Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.
Lee Cunningham 5-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16273; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16273
