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HANDORF, Edward "Hiene" - Date of
birth
13 June 1918 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio -
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-804656 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
351st Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
6 March 1944 - Place of
death
Jardinghausen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Walter E. Handorf (father)
Edith Lowry (foster mother)
Ralph Handorf (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-38011 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Kinda Ruff
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Robert Bosch electrical factory
MACR: 3023
More information
1st Lt Edward Handorf graduated from Withrow High School, attended college and was an accountant.He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army as a private in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 3 July 1941. He graduated from the Army Air Forces School at Hendricks Field, Florida, as Flying Fortress pilot in September 1943.
An Me 109 came in at 1 o'clock low and sprayed the front of the aircraft with 20mm shells, hitting the wing tanks. The right wing and tanks began to burn.
Two crew members were taken prisoner, eight were killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.100thbg.com, National WWII Memorial, Footnote, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinnati Enquirer, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.100thbg.com, www.ancestry.com - Withrow High School Yearbook 1937, www.findagrave.com