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1LT Lloyd Scott Hansen
323 BS/91 BG(H)
O-731058
Home state: MN
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This information came from the
MACR 550 and copilot Cramer's post-war statement. The photocopy was very
poor and I am attempting to get a better copy.
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Cramer:
Plane, 42-3079, was shot down at 1530 hours, south of St. Nazaire, FRA on 16 Sep
1943. The target was shipping at Nantes, FRA. Entire crew bailed
out. The plane began to break up and crashed into the Atlantic.
MACR:
2LT Kenneth C. Homuth made the following statement:
"I first noticed the B17 on fire near the ground. Very shortly it crashed
into the ground and exploded. It then burned more fiercely. I saw
three small, white objects floating close to the ground and near the burning
plane; they looked like parachutes."
The plane that Hansen was shot down in was involved in a mid-air collision with
another crew.
Click here to see
the photo and an explanation.
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Original Crew
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Rank
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Name |
Position
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Serial #
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Fate
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1LT
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Eldon J. Smith
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Pilot
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O-792646 |
POW |
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2LT
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James H. Cramer |
CP
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O-735059 |
POW |
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1LT
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Melbourne N. Banowetz |
NAV
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O-735965 |
POW |
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1LT
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Lloyd S. Hansen |
BOM
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O-731058 |
POW in Stalag 7A.
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T/S
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George J. Schmitt |
RO
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35335081 |
POW |
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T/S
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Harold Lynberger(?) |
TTE
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32277?02 |
POW |
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S/S
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Felix A. Antonacchio |
BT |
32432036 |
POW |
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S/S
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Thomas B. Bone(?) |
WG |
14043437
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POW |
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S/S
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Leroy M. Young |
WG |
14001296
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POW
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SGT
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Joseph W. Mazzola |
TG |
11071993
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POW
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From: Debra Johnson:
rentsnarb@hotmail.com
Hello, My name is Debra Johnson.
Lloyd Hansen was married to Carol Cherrington, a cousin to my
mother-in-law, whose husband was in Italy with an engineer battalion and
throughout her letters, she talks of Carol sending packages to her
husband, Lloyd and of his liberation and coming home. Your information
makes a clearer picture, of where he was shot down, and adds more to the
story within the letters.
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Lloyd was mentioned
in Ken Burns/Godfrey Ward's book: "The War", page
131. The article was one of many written by Al McIntosh owner and
editor of Rock County Star-Herald in Luverne, MN.
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