World War II Honoree

Herbert Hamann

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Richmond, Missouri

Honored By

VFW Post 11242

HE SERVED WITH THE 100TH BOMB GROUP AS A B-17 BOMBER AERIAL GUNNER IN BOMBING MISSIONS OVER EUROPE. ON HIS 31ST MISSION OVER BERLIN, HIS AIRCRAFT WAS SHOT DOWN AND HE WAS CAPTURED. HE WAS HELD AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN STALAG LUFT I NEAR BARTH, GERMANY UNTIL HE WAS LIBERATED BY THE RUSSIANS IN MAY 1945. HE WAS AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH THREE BRONZE STARS, THE ARMY AIR MEDAL WITH FOUR BRONZE STARS AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.