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Personal info

Full name
HURTT, Hamilton L
Date of birth
23 February 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Warren County, Kentucky
Hometown
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35692417
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
342nd Bombardment Squadron,
97th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 July 1944
Place of death
Komaron, Hungary

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 41 20

Immediate family

Members
William O. Hurtt (father)
Georgia (Smith) Hurtt (mother)
Dorthy G. Hurtt (sister)
Charles W. Hurtt (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30056
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Brod, Yugoslavia
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 6338

More information

Sgt Hamilton L. Hurtt enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 31 December 1942.

S/Sgt Jack G. Giles:
“Ship #056 hit by fighters. After leaving the formation more attacks were made, where upon I saw two men leave the ship followed closely by two more. The ship turned over on its back, went into a dive. It finally leveled off, then two more chutes left the plane before its final plunge.”
2nd Lt Harold E. Schuchardt:
“Sgt Hurtt was killed by one of the first fighter attacks because we did not hear his voice over the interphone after the first attack.”

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Billie Jean Neal Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com – Patootie, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Jul.44.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - nancy wilcoxson