John E Haggerty
MilitaryAssigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Perkinson crew. 2nd combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Aschersleben in B-24 42-95008; Shot down by fighters and crashed near Papenburg on 29-Jun-44 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7086
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16009951 / O-743444
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Able Mabel
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Clermont County, OH | 7 September 1920 | Grandson of Harry Haggerty, Ohio. Husband of Peggy M, residing Newport, Delaware. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Thomas, Newport, KY | 13 June 1942 | Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky |
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Other Bale out POW |
Papenburg, Germeny | 29 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Aschersleben in B-24 42-95008; Shot down by fighters and crashed near Papenburg on 29-Jun-44 POW MACR 7086 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 29 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
3 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
12 May 1984 | ||
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Buried |
Stonelick IOOF Cemetery, Stonelick, OH | 14 May 1984 | Stonelick IOOF Cemetery Stonelick, Ohio |
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Based Prisoner of war |
Horsham St Faith | 29 June 1944 | Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.458bg.com/crewperkinson.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97340222/john-e-haggerty
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 7086 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7086 & Page 276 of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458