Flight Officer Hansen served as a pilot
with the 446th Bomb Group, 705th Bomb Squadron,
Lowry Field, Colorado.
He was one of seven airmen killed when
B-24E Liberator #42-7458,
returning from a training mission, had an engine
fire and lost control and crashed near a residential
neighborhood in South Denver, while attempting to
reach Lowry Fieild. Witnesses on the ground said
his heroic efforts to keep his craft airborne and
avoidance of homes prevented any casualties on the
ground.
with the 446th Bomb Group, 705th Bomb Squadron,
Lowry Field, Colorado.
He was one of seven airmen killed when
B-24E Liberator #42-7458,
returning from a training mission, had an engine
fire and lost control and crashed near a residential
neighborhood in South Denver, while attempting to
reach Lowry Fieild. Witnesses on the ground said
his heroic efforts to keep his craft airborne and
avoidance of homes prevented any casualties on the
ground.
Flight Officer Hansen served as a pilot
with the 446th Bomb Group, 705th Bomb Squadron,
Lowry Field, Colorado.
He was one of seven airmen killed when
B-24E Liberator #42-7458,
returning from a training mission, had an engine
fire and lost control and crashed near a residential
neighborhood in South Denver, while attempting to
reach Lowry Fieild. Witnesses on the ground said
his heroic efforts to keep his craft airborne and
avoidance of homes prevented any casualties on the
ground.
with the 446th Bomb Group, 705th Bomb Squadron,
Lowry Field, Colorado.
He was one of seven airmen killed when
B-24E Liberator #42-7458,
returning from a training mission, had an engine
fire and lost control and crashed near a residential
neighborhood in South Denver, while attempting to
reach Lowry Fieild. Witnesses on the ground said
his heroic efforts to keep his craft airborne and
avoidance of homes prevented any casualties on the
ground.
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