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Personal info

Full name
HANSEN, Theodore R
Date of birth
18 June 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-746329
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
326th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1943
Place of death
North Sea, off the coast of Langeoog, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Theodore Hansen (father)
Olga Hansen (mother)
Alice M. Hansen (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30608
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1386

More information

Theodore R. Hansen attended college.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Chicago, Illinois on 3 April 1942.

The existing reports are conflicting but show that anti-aircraft fire was heavy and that there were German fighters in the area, but no one saw the airplane go down. It is assumed that it crashed into the North Sea. The entire crew of ten men was killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA, www.fold3.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Chicago Tribune - 1 January 1944