Chester Bruce Hanson
MilitaryAssigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Attached to 9AF USAAF, TDY in North Africa. Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-24 42-72857 'Star Spangled Hell'; mauled by fighters, A/C exploded 10 miles north of target. 1-Oct-43 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 51251
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean Medal.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19032975 / O-730588
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Star Spangled Hell
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fort Dodge, Webster County, IA | 14 December 1917 | Son of Roy and Faye K Hanson. |
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Enlisted |
Sioux City, IA | 21 November 1942 | |
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Other Baled out POW |
Weiner Neustadt, Austria | 1 October 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-24 42-72857 'Star Spangled Hell'; mauled by fighters, A/C exploded 10 miles north of target. 1-Oct-43 POW MACR 51251 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Bavaria | 1 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft VIIa. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
17 March 1946 | ||
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Died |
Albuquerque, NM | 12 February 1981 | |
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Buried |
Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, NM | 15 February 1981 | Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico |
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Based |
Shipdham | Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Based |
Benina | 1 October 1943 | Attached to 9AF USAAF, TDY in North Africa. |
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44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Will Lundy p. 136-138, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 299 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia