Capt Elmer Glenn Hahn
Tokyo Military Prison Fire

Killed in Action While a
Prisoner of War of the Japanese Government
Remains Not Recoverable
497th Bomb Group, Very Heavy (VH)
AIRCRAFT COMMANDER
SERIAL NUMBER
NICKNAME
HAHN
42-63423
WERE WOLF

Captain Elmer Glenn Hahn
4 May 1919 - 26 May 1945

Tributes to Captain Hahn can be found at:


Aassistance from the following is greatly appreciated:

Michael Krehl
Ed Lawson

Roy Wall
Jim Bowman
Joe Swann

Scott Muselin
Randy Watkins
Rolland Swank

National Archives, St Louis

Air Force Historical Research Agency

Phillips University Marburg

Perry Castaneda Map Collection
University of Texas, Austin

POW Research Network Japan

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Captain Elmer Hahn's parents were Arthur and Lillian ( Nellie ) Hahn who
lived in Twin Falls and Idaho Falls, Idaho.

He was born in Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1919, and
his brother Clyde was born 1921.

There six articles in the

Newspaper Clippings

section.

These clippings in combination with
Page 3 of the

Introduction
section

provide a concise history of Capt Hahn's life.

* * *

Elmer Hahn graduated from Idaho Falls High School around 1937 or 1938.

In early 1938 he became a licensed commerical pilot
and was one of five pilots flying Air Mail in a part of Idaho.

On 26 November 1940 Elmer Hahn married Helen Dere Johnson and
their son Elmer D Hahn was born 1941.

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Capt Hahn's B-29 was lost during the mission to Tokyo on 27 January 1945.

He and three of his crew survived the crash.
Details of what took place following
the crash are in the

Hahn Crew and Mission # 22

sections.

* * *

Case History 111 ( CH 111 ) concerns the 62 men who died during
the Tokyo Military Prison Fire the night of 25-26 May 1945.

A few pages from this Case History are in various sections
of these pages for Capt Hahn.

The complete history can be found at this link

Case History 111

Below are Capt Hahn's Memorial Certificate from the
American Battle Monuments Commission

and

His name in the Courts of the Missing at the
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

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MEMORIAL CERTIFICATE

AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

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COURTS OF THE MISSING
NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC
HONOLULU, HAWAII



source: Sherry H

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