FREDERICK W. HAWKS
SERVICE HELD FOR PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR
From "The Tulsa World," Tulsa, Oklahoma, Sunday, November 28, 2004
Section A, Page 23
FREDERICK W. HAWKS
CLEVELAND, Okla. -- Frederick W. Hawks, a Pearl Harbor survivor, died Tuesday. He was 87.
A funeral service was held Saturday at the Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel.
Hawks was born Feb. 11, 1917, in Warren Plains, N.C., to Mary Louise and Linton C. Hawkes. He graduated high school in 1935 and entered the Civilian Conservation Corps at Fort Bragg, N.C.
In 1940, he entered the Army and became part of the 26th Squadron of the 11th Bomber Group of the 7th Air Force, stationed initially at the Hawaiian Air Depot at Hickam Field.
He survived the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and afterward was ordered to Mosuioh, England, with the 466th Bomber Group of the 8th Air Force. There he worked on B-24's and the Air Force's four-engine heavy bombers.
After World War II, Hawks began working as a photographer and soon re-enlisted in the military to work in this craft. From 1947 to 1949 he was a Teletype operator in the group operations office for aircraft in Smyrna, Tenn.
In 1953, he moved to Lawton, where he was employed with Spartan Aeronautics at the Army Flight School. There he led a crew that performed intermediate and major inspection of many different kinds of aircraft.
In 1955, he joined American Airlines to work in the maintenance center.
Hawks retired From American in 1980 after 25 years of service as a senior mechanic.
He was a member of the Veterans of Pearl Harbor Last Man's Club.
He is survived by his wife, Marie; one daughter, Priscilla Helvie of Cleveland; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
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