Hankinson, Gordon Joshua

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Hankinson, Gordon Joshua ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-729850 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report, effective 28 January 1943. Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group Headquarters Detachment, per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report, effective 25 March 1943.
Duty	Pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	25 July 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
Decorations	Awarded the Purple heart for wounds received on 25 July 1943 per General Orders #10, Headquarters Miami District, AAF Personnel Distribution Command dated 13 August 1945.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 11 July 1916 Initial assignment was as Assistant Operations Officer. Promoted to First Lieutenant effective 26 March 1943 per Headquarters Detachment, 384th Bomb Group Morning Report dated 14 April 1943.
Related Documents	Post Loss Document File #8⇗

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 3 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗	22 June 1943	Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium	Co-pilot	42‑30043⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group Lead. PDI not on zero, one ball turret gun failed to fire also radio. No apparent reason. Sortie Report⇗
9⇗	24 July 1943	Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway	Pilot	42‑30039⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
10⇗	25 July 1943	Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany	Pilot	42‑3069⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Disabled by enemy action over target; details unknown; crashed in Hamburg, Germany area. No MACR Sortie Report⇗

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