Frank Albert Hawn
Military
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Frank A Hawn
Nicole Anderson Grand Daughter
Assigned to 411FS, 373FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Bonn airfield section joined melee with 25+ Me109's and 4 x Fw190's shot down in dogfight. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11493.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 373rd Fighter Group 411th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 357, Stalag XI-D
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
San Diego County, CA, USA | 14 February 1922 | Son of Alvitus Hawn and Margaret Minnie Cruz Hawn. |
Enlisted |
Buckley AFB Denver, CO, USA | 19 February 1943 | Buckley Field, Denver Colorado |
Other Shot down |
Bonn, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Bonn airfield section joined melee with 25+ Me109's and 4 x Fw190's shot down in dogfight. POW. MACR 11493. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
San Diego, CA, USA | 7 March 2009 | |
Buried |
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, CA | 11 March 2009 | Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, California |
California, USA | |||
Based |
Woodchurch | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 411FS, 373FG, 9AF USAAF. |