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HANSON, Edward Erling - Date of
birth
19 May 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota -
Hometown
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-820006 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
714th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
24 December 1944 - Place of
death
Three miles south of St. Vith, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Edward E. Hanson (father)
Edna S. Hanson (mother)
Janice L. Hanson (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-50799 -
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Lady Lora
Destination: Euskirchen, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 11120
More information
1st Lt Edward E. Hanson graduated from Oak Park High School in 1941 and attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.He enlisted in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 18 November 1942.
Lt Blank: "Near St. Vith, flak hit on #3 & #4 engines, rear half of ship on fire. Seven chutes seen okay, 8th chute burning. Plane observed to crash near town."
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Oak Park High School 1941