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Personal info

Full name
HAWKINSON, William Dale
Date of birth
9 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Quincy, Adams County, Illinois
Hometown
Adams County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-704289
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
575th Bombardment Squadron,
391st Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bitburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 9 7

Immediate family

Members
Alfred Hawkinson (father)
Laura B. (Newson) Hawkinson (mother)
Joan M. Hawkinson (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
43-34440
Data
Type: B-26G
Destination: Ahrweiler, Germany
Mission: Bombing of a railroad bridge
MACR: 11486

More information

2nd Lt William D. Hawkinson attended college before he joined the Regular Army in Peoria, Illinois on 3 September 1942.

Statement from Maj Hersckel S. Hawkins:
"Although my observation just after first attack, the other four planes in my flight were destroyed by enemy fighters between 12.00 and 12.15 and that an undetermined number of enemy aircraft were destroyed by them at the same time."

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hawkinson Family Tree, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 43-K, Curtis Field, Brady, Texas