Hobart H Spires
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 30848 - Hobart H Spires
Shot down during strong fighter attacks and crashed near Quakenbruck, GR on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31731. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Bryantsville, Kentucky | 26 August 1920 | |
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Died |
6 March 1944 | ||
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Buried |
Camp Nelson National Cemetery, KT |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3019, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
