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1LT Argyle E Hanscom

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1LT Argyle E Hanscom Veteran

Birth
Death
25 Oct 1944 (aged 28)
China
Burial
Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.4003533, Longitude: -91.4026133
Plot
SECTION D, SITE 79
Memorial ID
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Argyle served as a First Lieutenant & Navigator on B-29 "Gunga Din" #42-24504, 792nd Bomber Squadron, 468th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Carroll County, New Hampshire prior to the war.

Argyle was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, minutes after taking off from the airfield at Chengdu, China at night, crashed during the war. They were taking off on a bombing mission to an aircraft plant in Omura, Japan.

He was originally interred at the Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and was later re-interred here on June 8, 1949.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # O-673071

The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.

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Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24504:

Barber, Harold W ~ Capt, Co-Pilot, NJ
Coburn, Paul H ~ T/Sgt, Radar Operator, TX
Ebel, Boyd W ~ 2nd Lt, Flt Eng, NE
Fowler, John W ~ S/Sgt, Left Gunner, KS
Hanscom, Argyle E ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, NH
Martin, Wallace B ~ Corp, CFC, MO
McDonald, Franklin J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, CO
Parsons, Edward F ~ Major, Pilot, CT
Pfeifer, Louis L. ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, FL
Puckett, Rube E, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AL
Wood, Warren F ~ S/Sgt, Right Gunner, NE

Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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Argyle served as a First Lieutenant & Navigator on B-29 "Gunga Din" #42-24504, 792nd Bomber Squadron, 468th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Carroll County, New Hampshire prior to the war.

Argyle was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, minutes after taking off from the airfield at Chengdu, China at night, crashed during the war. They were taking off on a bombing mission to an aircraft plant in Omura, Japan.

He was originally interred at the Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and was later re-interred here on June 8, 1949.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # O-673071

The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24504:

Barber, Harold W ~ Capt, Co-Pilot, NJ
Coburn, Paul H ~ T/Sgt, Radar Operator, TX
Ebel, Boyd W ~ 2nd Lt, Flt Eng, NE
Fowler, John W ~ S/Sgt, Left Gunner, KS
Hanscom, Argyle E ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, NH
Martin, Wallace B ~ Corp, CFC, MO
McDonald, Franklin J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, CO
Parsons, Edward F ~ Major, Pilot, CT
Pfeifer, Louis L. ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, FL
Puckett, Rube E, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AL
Wood, Warren F ~ S/Sgt, Right Gunner, NE

Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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1LT, 792 AAF BOMB SQ WORLD WAR II



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