The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
S/Sgt. Donald L. Hoffman served as waist gunner on B-24J 42-50679, 409th Bomb Squadron, on the 28 January 1945 Dortmund mission. Born 1925, Huntingdon, PA.
Bailed out after the aircraft was hit by flak. Captured and held at Dulag Luft West. Returned to duty. Was at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in October 1945 when contacted for a post-war interrogation regarding the fate of Lt. Schmoller.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Position
Waist Gunner
Serial Number
33763289
Hometown
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Missions flown.
3 catalogued · 28 Jan 1945 — 30 Dec 1944
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1945
Official record
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record