Personnel

CREW



LT JULIUS GELLER                 P CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

LT JAMES P. DOCK               CP CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

LT CHARLES R. HACKER      NAV CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM sn# O-713174

LT JAMES J. MOLLOY, JR    BOM CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

T/SGT CHARLES H. DIXON  ROG CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

T/SGT HARCE H. WILSON  TTE CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

S/SGT MARVIN R. OLLHOFF  BTG CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

S/SGT ERNEST G. BARNES  WG CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

S/SGT ROBERT F. JACOBSEN  TG CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

SGT EDMUND P. MILLER       WG NOC  



349TH SQDN.. CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON 17 JUL 1944

A/C 43-38313 XR-S "OFF LIMITS"



 Mission List of 1st Lt Charles R. Hacker (mpf 2001)



1.   28/7/44  MERSEBURG  9:15 HRS

2.   29/7/44  MERSEBURG  8:00 HRS

3.   31/7/44  MUNICH  8:3OHRS

4.     2/8/44  LaFere   6:15 HRS

5.     3/8/44  TROYES  8:00 HRS

6.     4/8/44  HAMBURG  7:30 HRS

7.     5/8/44  MAGDEBURG  7:00 HRS

8.     6/8/44  BERLIN   9:00 HRS

9.   11/8/44  VILLACOUBLAY 6:45 HRS

10. 15/8/44  VENLO   5:00 HRS

11. 26/8/44  BREST   7:00 HRS

12. 27/8/44  BERLIN   7:00 HRS

13. 30/8/44  BREMEN  7:15 HRS

14.   3/9/44  CROZON/BREST 7:15 HRS

15.   8/9/44  MAINZ   7:45 HRS

16.   9/9/44  DUSSELDORF  6:10 HRS

17. 10/9/44  NURNBURG  8:00 HRS

18. 12/9/44  MAGDEBURG  7:45 HRS

19. 13/9/44  SINDELFINGEN  7:30 HRS

20. 18/9/44  WARSAW           10:00 HRS

21. 19/9/44  SZOLNOK  7:00 HRS

22  25/9/44  LUDWIGSHAVEN 7:00 HRS

23. 30/9/44  BIELEFELD  6:15 HRS

24. 3/10/44  NURNBURG  8:15 HRS

25. 5/10/44  HANDORF  5:30 HRS

26. 6/10/44  BERLIN   7:30 HRS

27. 9/10/44  MAINZ   5:45 HRS

28 15/10/44  COLOGNE  6:00 HRS

29. 17/10/44  COLOGNE  6:45 HRS

30. 19/10/44  LUDWIGSHAVEN 6:45 HRS

31.   6/11/44  NEUMUNSTER  7:00 HRS

32. 21/11/44  OSNABRUCK  7:00 HRS

33. 26/11/44  HAMM   6:00 HRS

34. 29/11/44  HAMM   6:15 HRS



1st Lt Charles R. Hacker Awarded the Air Medal on August 10, 1944. Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal on September 4, 1944, Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal on September 19, 1944, Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal on October 7, 1944, Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal on October 26, 1944.  



   Headquarters, 100th Bombardment Group (H) AAF  

                 APO 559    

          5 December 1944



SUBJECT: Recommendation for duty assignment.



TO:  Whom It May Concern



 1. 1st Lieutenant CHARLES R. HACKER, 0713174, 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bomb Group (H), has completed an operational tour of duty in this theatre by his highly successful participation in Thirty-four operational missions over enemy occupied Europe.

 

 2. Lieutenant HACKER entered the European Theatre of Operations in June 1944 and has been awarded the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters to the Air Medal.



 3. Lieutenant HACKER has achieved an excellent record as a Navigator in B-17 type aircraft while on combat duty with this organization.  His keen devotion to duty and skillful application of his technique have reflected the highest credit upon himself and the military service.



 4. Lieutenant HACKER is desirous of further duty in a Navigator School and in view of his combat background in this theatre and record outlined above, I recommend him without reservation for such assignment; he is a combat Navigator and officer of merit and proven ability.



          Thomas S. Jeffry Jr.

          Colonel, Air Corp

          Commanding

Charles R. Hacker 

Obituary



Hacker, Charles R.

Charles Robert Hacker, retired motion picture executive, died on January 26, 2015 in Greenwich, CT at age 94. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Jean; his daughter Barbara Jean Jansen and her husband, Gregory of Cos Cob; his son, Charles Robert Hacker, Jr., his wife, Catherine, and grandchildren Catrina, Charlotte, Carys and Claire of Greenwich; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brother, Robert W. Hacker, of Phoenix, AZ.

Charles was born October 8, 1920 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Emil Henry and Lillian Meta (Strothoff) Hacker.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II from November 5, 1942 through September 20, 1945 as a Lieutenant and was navigator in the famed "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group in the European Theatre. He flew 35 missions with the 349th Squadron. For his service he was awarded the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters and the European Theatre of Operations Campaign Ribbon with five battle stars.

Mr. Hacker entered show business at the age of fifteen as an usher at a local motion picture theatre. At nineteen, he was appointed a Manager for the Fox Theatre chain in Milwaukee. Upon his return from the war, he managed several theatres in Milwaukee and was subsequently named District Manager for Standard Theatres. In 1947 he won the Motion Picture Herald's coveted Annual Showmanship Award. In 1948 his accomplishments as a theatre man caught the attention of the top executives at Rockefeller Center, Inc. in New York City. They invited him to join their Executive staff at Radio City Music Hall Corporation, the world's largest theatre and home to its famous dance troupe, the Rockettes. Charles achieved outstanding success during his 31-year executive career at Radio City Music Hall, retiring in 1979 as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Hacker founded and was President of his family company, Landmark Pictures, and continued his involvement with motion pictures. Accompanied by his family, he was an experienced world traveler. He was a member of the 100th Bomb Group Foundation; served on the Board of Directors of the Soldiers', Sailors', Marines', Coast Guard and Airmen's Club; an American Legion Member; Treasurer of the Will Rogers Memorial Fund; a member of the Motion Picture Pioneers; and a member of the Kane Lodge #454 F. & A.M.