Doyce F Hamrick
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24479 'Sad Sack' while serving as Waist Gunner. Aircraft was seen to feather #2 engine and turn back towards base. 30 miles from the English coast, German fighters shot it down and it crashed into the English Channel. No trace of the aircraft or crew were found.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sad Sack
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other 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. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 30-Nov-2014. Added KIA event per MACR 16273; added Commemoration 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 / MACR 16273, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 48 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database