Richard Henry Hoffman
MilitaryEntered service at Camden, NJ 8 September 1942. Joined 392nd BG February 1943 at Davis-Monthan Air Base, Tucson, AZ. Rank at end of WWII was T/Sergeant. Rank at retirement from service was Lt. Col.
Pilots - M. H. Kielman, W. P. Nicholson. Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-24 #42-7543 'Georgia Belle', Prisoner of War (POW).
Read Hoffman's account of flying the northern route from the USA to the UK here:
http://www.b24.net/storiesNorthernRoute.htm
Connections
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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: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Camden, NJ, USA | 8 September 1942 | |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 5 November 1943 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a S/N and a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.b-24.net/aircrew/hnames.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1164 & Page 298 in the book THE SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition, D790.A2S45