Phillip Robert Hammond
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Pilot
466th BG - 787th BS - 8th AF
KIA 12 August 1944
Object Number - UPL 51044 - 2LT Phillip Robert Hammond 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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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39256481
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18194593
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37521982
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-713025
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Pratt, Kansas | 30 July 1921 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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