Individual Personnel Data
| Name |
Hankinson, Gordon Joshua ‡
|
| Rank |
Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
| Serial Number |
O-729850 ‡ |
| Unit Assignments |
- Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report, effective 28 January 1943.
- Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group Headquarters Detachment, per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report, effective 25 March 1943.
|
| Duty |
Pilot |
| MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
| Last Duty Date |
25 July 1943 |
| Results |
Prisoner Of War
POW Camp: Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11) |
| Decorations | Awarded the Purple heart for wounds received on 25 July 1943 per General Orders #10, Headquarters Miami District, AAF Personnel Distribution Command dated 13 August 1945. |
| Additional Information | |
| Related Documents |
Post Loss Document File #8⇗ |
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 3
Combat Missions.
| Number |
Date |
Target |
Position |
Aircraft |
Mission/Sortie Information |
|
1⇗ |
22 June 1943 |
Target: General Motors Truck Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Antwerp, Belgium |
Co-pilot |
42‑30043⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Group Lead. PDI not on zero, one ball turret gun failed to fire also radio. No apparent reason.
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
9⇗ |
24 July 1943 |
Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Herøya, Norway |
Pilot |
42‑30039⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
10⇗ |
25 July 1943 |
Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard
Type: Industry
Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Pilot |
42‑3069⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Disabled by enemy action over target; details unknown; crashed in Hamburg, Germany area. No MACR
Sortie Report⇗ |
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