Parents: Ida Bachmann Hanna (1891-1972) and John Robert Hanna (1886-1963). Brother of Robert Hanna, Thomas Hanna, Terrence Hanna, Florabelle Clare Hanna and Delia Hanna all buried St. Mary's Cemetery, Newton.
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S/Sgt William M. Hanna (R-KIA) Killed in action in Germany in World War II. Son of Ida & John Hanna.
(KIA) - On 28 September 1944 mission #248 to Magdenburg, Germany in B-17G #43-38572 (No name) (360BS) PU-A. The aircraft was last seen in formation, under control. The right wing was on fire after being hit by German fighter gunfire. No parachutes were seen departing the B-17. It crashed near Homburg, Germany. All crewmen were killed. Eleven 303rd B-17s were lost on this mission after being attacked by an estimated forty FW-190 and ME-109 German fighters.
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Classmate of Dorothy Carolyn Richter Young, Ronald Vernon Young, Martha Jane Corbin Prowell and Raymond E. King at Newton High School, Newton, Kansas, Class of 1940.
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William M. Hanna (17099697), Staff Sergeant, is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Harvey County, Kansas.
Contributor: Eric Ackerman (48445240) •
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S/Sgt William M. Hanna (R-KIA) Killed in action in Germany in World War II. Son of Ida & John Hanna.
(KIA) - On 28 September 1944 mission #248 to Magdenburg, Germany in B-17G #43-38572 (No name) (360BS) PU-A. The aircraft was last seen in formation, under control. The right wing was on fire after being hit by German fighter gunfire. No parachutes were seen departing the B-17. It crashed near Homburg, Germany. All crewmen were killed. Eleven 303rd B-17s were lost on this mission after being attacked by an estimated forty FW-190 and ME-109 German fighters.
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Classmate of Dorothy Carolyn Richter Young, Ronald Vernon Young, Martha Jane Corbin Prowell and Raymond E. King at Newton High School, Newton, Kansas, Class of 1940.
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William M. Hanna (17099697), Staff Sergeant, is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Harvey County, Kansas.
Contributor: Eric Ackerman (48445240) •
Parents: Ida Bachmann Hanna (1891-1972) and John Robert Hanna (1886-1963). Brother of Robert Hanna, Thomas Hanna, Terrence Hanna, Florabelle Clare Hanna and Delia Hanna all buried St. Mary's Cemetery, Newton.
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S/Sgt William M. Hanna (R-KIA) Killed in action in Germany in World War II. Son of Ida & John Hanna.
(KIA) - On 28 September 1944 mission #248 to Magdenburg, Germany in B-17G #43-38572 (No name) (360BS) PU-A. The aircraft was last seen in formation, under control. The right wing was on fire after being hit by German fighter gunfire. No parachutes were seen departing the B-17. It crashed near Homburg, Germany. All crewmen were killed. Eleven 303rd B-17s were lost on this mission after being attacked by an estimated forty FW-190 and ME-109 German fighters.
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Classmate of Dorothy Carolyn Richter Young, Ronald Vernon Young, Martha Jane Corbin Prowell and Raymond E. King at Newton High School, Newton, Kansas, Class of 1940.
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William M. Hanna (17099697), Staff Sergeant, is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Harvey County, Kansas.
Contributor: Eric Ackerman (48445240) •
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S/Sgt William M. Hanna (R-KIA) Killed in action in Germany in World War II. Son of Ida & John Hanna.
(KIA) - On 28 September 1944 mission #248 to Magdenburg, Germany in B-17G #43-38572 (No name) (360BS) PU-A. The aircraft was last seen in formation, under control. The right wing was on fire after being hit by German fighter gunfire. No parachutes were seen departing the B-17. It crashed near Homburg, Germany. All crewmen were killed. Eleven 303rd B-17s were lost on this mission after being attacked by an estimated forty FW-190 and ME-109 German fighters.
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Classmate of Dorothy Carolyn Richter Young, Ronald Vernon Young, Martha Jane Corbin Prowell and Raymond E. King at Newton High School, Newton, Kansas, Class of 1940.
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William M. Hanna (17099697), Staff Sergeant, is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Harvey County, Kansas.
Contributor: Eric Ackerman (48445240) •
Inscription
Killed in action in WW II
Gravesite Details
Beside John & Ida, David and Delia.
