Phillip Robert Hammond
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 51044
2LT Phillip Robert Hammond
Pilot
466th BG - 787th BS - 8th AF
KIA 12 August 1944
Pilot
466th BG - 787th BS - 8th AF
KIA 12 August 1944
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed in channel in B-24 Gruesome Goose #4128747
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36035236
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34097849
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14020893
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-768008
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35552186
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Gruesome Goose
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Pratt, Kansas | 30 July 1921 | |
Buried |
Jefferson Barracks, Lemay Township, MO 63125, USA | 27 March 1950 | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay St. Louis County Missouri, USA Plot: SECTION 82 SITE 14C |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 12 August 1944 | Hammond will KIA after ditching his a/c in the English Channel |
Rocky Ford, CO 81067, USA | 410 South 8th Street |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7911 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database