George Hansen Jr

Military
media-28134.jpeg UPL 28134 Ford's Crew: Sgt. Clarence Bailey, Sgt. Francis F. Burns, 2nd Lt. Charles E. Davis, Sgt. Charles B. Dick, Sgt. William L. Englett, 2nd Lt. Wilburn H. Ford, Sgt. George Hansen Jr., Sgt. W. E Karre, 2nd Lt. Terence B. McArron. They completed 10 missions from 4/4/1945 to 4/20/1945, five on Budd's Dudds, #44-6313.

photo provided by Brenda Moody Kempton, info from 401stbg.org

Object Number - UPL 28134 - Ford's Crew: Sgt. Clarence Bailey, Sgt. Francis F. Burns, 2nd Lt. Charles E. Davis, Sgt. Charles B. Dick, Sgt. William L. Englett, 2nd Lt. Wilburn H....

Member of Ford's Crew. Sgt George Hansen Jr. flew 10 missions, from 04/04/1945, mission #241, to 04/20/1945, mission #254. He served as a Radio Operator.

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A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-781272
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner; Engineer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Budd's Dudds
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

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Information provided by Patrick Terence McArron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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