Vance William VanHooser
MilitaryAssigned to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Winneshiek crew. 23 x combat misions. 4-Oct-43 crash landed on Kent coast in B17 42-3082 'Double Trouble'. Crew returned with S/Sgt Vance W. Van Hooser wounded. Hit in the head by 20mm cannon shell fragments.
Awards: PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13045907 / O-47676 / O-9337A
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Double Trouble
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Holdenville, OK | 30 April 1911 | Son of George Isom and Berta L [Samuels] VanHooser. |
Enlisted |
Tulsa, OK | 20 August 1942 | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Other Medical discharge |
20 June 1944 | Medical discharge. | |
Died |
Holdenville, OK | 21 June 2005 | |
Buried |
Holdenville Cemetery Holdenville, Hughes County, OK | 24 June 2005 | Holdenville Cemetery Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma |
Based |
Bury St Edmunds | 4 November 1943 | Assigned to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41841188/vance-william-vanhooser
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey p. 305