2nd Lieutenant Hoffman was Killed In Action aboard U.S. Army Air Corps
B-29-40-BW Superfortress #42-24622, nicknamed "Lucky Irish." While on the first
B-29 bombardment mission to Tokyo from the Marianas Islands, target the
Musashino Aircraft Engine Factory, was shot down by enemy Ki-44 fighter and
spiralled into the sea 20 miles from shore, with the loss of all eleven crew.
With the 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron.
B-29-40-BW Superfortress #42-24622, nicknamed "Lucky Irish." While on the first
B-29 bombardment mission to Tokyo from the Marianas Islands, target the
Musashino Aircraft Engine Factory, was shot down by enemy Ki-44 fighter and
spiralled into the sea 20 miles from shore, with the loss of all eleven crew.
With the 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron.
2nd Lieutenant Hoffman was Killed In Action aboard U.S. Army Air Corps
B-29-40-BW Superfortress #42-24622, nicknamed "Lucky Irish." While on the first
B-29 bombardment mission to Tokyo from the Marianas Islands, target the
Musashino Aircraft Engine Factory, was shot down by enemy Ki-44 fighter and
spiralled into the sea 20 miles from shore, with the loss of all eleven crew.
With the 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron.
B-29-40-BW Superfortress #42-24622, nicknamed "Lucky Irish." While on the first
B-29 bombardment mission to Tokyo from the Marianas Islands, target the
Musashino Aircraft Engine Factory, was shot down by enemy Ki-44 fighter and
spiralled into the sea 20 miles from shore, with the loss of all eleven crew.
With the 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron.
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Entered the service from North Dakota.
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