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name
HAWKINS, Paul Milburn - Date of
birth
12 November 1910 -
Age
34 - Place of
birth
Hebbardsville County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36854524 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Tail Gunner -
Unit
407th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
unknown
Death
-
Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
16 October 1945 - Place of
death
Obermassfeld Hospital #1249 (Serves Stalag 9-C) Obermassfeld Thuringia, Germany 50-10
Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 5 | 26 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Jacob Hawkins (father)
Hallie (Kluck) Hawkins (mother)
Marcella R. (Gessner) Hawkins (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31687 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Wabbit
Destination: Merseburg, Germany
Mission: Oil Refineries
MACR: 8883
More information
11 September 1944:First attacked by E/A just before, during and after bombs away. In the process of making a second run on the primary target the formation became loose. The E/A attacks further broke up the formation. Just at bombs away approximately 15 E/A indented as mixed FW 190´s and ME 109´s jumped the lead group. Attacks by these E/A were in elements of 3 abreast from 6 o´clock level to high firing 20mm shells. These attacks lasted about 10-15 minutes. On passing this group they looped and dived down on the low group. Seven E/A dived on the low group from 7 o´clock high making one pass in echelons before breaking off their attack. The high group was not attacked until immediately before the rally point at 1215 hours.
He was first buried at Block HH, Row 1, Grave 13.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - World War II Prisoner of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Michigan Marriage Records, www.fold3.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Jac Engels