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Personal info

Full name
HINES, Raymond Elwood
Date of birth
25 September 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Hood River, Hood River County, Oregon
Hometown
Gilliam County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
T-001626
Rank
Flight Officer
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
728th Bombardment Squadron,
452nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 March 1944
Place of death
Varenesch near Goldenstedt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 37 19

Immediate family

Members
George E. Hines (father)
Lillian M. (Adlard) Hines (mother)
Leslie Wing (step-father)
Leota Hines (sister)
Mertie Wing (half-sister)
Dorothy I. (Hoffman) Hines (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31371
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Hairless Joe
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the aircraft factory
MACR: 3342

More information

F/O Raymond E. Hines graduated from Parkdale High School.

The formation was attacked by between thirty and forty fighters including ME 109s and FW 190s. One of the gunners of aircraft 42-31371 hit an FW 190 which exploded just off the left wing. The left wing of aircraft 42-31371 was torn off and the plane exploded.

Flight Officer Hines was buried on 25 March 1944 in the Prisoner – respectively Russian - Graveyard in Vechta/Oldenburg.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Edwards/Logdson Family Tree / 1920/1940 Census, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.americanairmuseum.com, WWII Draft Card, Oregonian - 28 June 1943

Photo source: Peter Schouteten