1Lt George William Hammersmith (1914-1942)

1Lt George William Hammersmith Veteran

Birth

14 May 1914

Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA

Death

16 Aug 1942 (aged 28)

Mareeba, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia

Burial

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map

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SECTION B SITE 1101

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Hammersmith was with the US Army's 450th Ordnance Company Aviation, stationed in Australia. On August 16 1942 he was aboard B-17E #41-2434, assigned to the 5th Air Force, 19th Bombardment group, 30th Bombardment Squadron. They took off from Mareeba Airfield Australia to test a new flare dropping mechanism. The equipment malfunctioned and a flare exploded inside the plane, causing it to crash into the sea north of Cairns Queensland, killing all aboard.

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