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Personal info

Full name
HANSON, Ralph Lamar
Date of birth
28 August 1918
Age
24
Place of birth
Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah
Hometown
Salt Lake County, Utah

Military service

Service number
O-728862
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
330th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1943
Place of death
Near Moslesfehn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 32 14

Immediate family

Members
Orson Hanson (father)
Jane L. (Romney) Hanson (mother)
John O. Hanson (brother)
Clarence E. Hanson (brother)
Marjorie L. Hanson (sister)
Marvel R. Hanson (brother)
Mary D. Hanson (sister)
Fern E. Hanson (sister)
Laura L. Hanson (sister)
Joyce Hanson (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
41-23666
Data
Nickname: Hot Freight
Type: B-24D-1-CO
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boats yards
MACR: 15155

More information

Ralph L. Hanson graduated from Granite High School and attended the University of Utah and the Utah State Agricultural College. He joined Army Air Corps on 14 January 1942 as an aviation cadet. He was sent overseas in February 1943.

The aircraft was probably shot down by enemy fighters.

One crew member survived the crash, nine men were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Bad-Zwischenahn, Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - Salt Lake Telegram

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Granite High School Yearbook 1936