The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
2d Lt. William Hassen, ASN O-741514, was the bombardier on the 7 January 1944 Ludwigshafen mission. The aircraft dropped its bombs with the formation before the engines began failing on the return leg.
Hassen's status was listed as MIA following the crew's bail-out south of Paris. No further information about his fate appears in Fruth's E&E report.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Bombardier
Serial Number
O-741514
Missions flown.
3 catalogued · 07 Jan 1944 — 07 Jan 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 · 1944
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record