Lamont D Haas

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed when B-17 43-38184 was involved in a mid-air collision with B-17 43-37941 over the French coast on 1st September 1944.

Major Lamont Haas was not to participate in the flight, but he replaced a patient. He died in the accident.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38184

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Miami, Florida 19 October 1919

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Killed in Action

Dives-sur-Mer, France 1 September 1944 Major Lamont Haas, 25 years old, was in command of a B-17 group bombing mission to Germany. When the target was not visible through the overcast, the mission was aborted and the group executed a 180 degree turn to return to base. While flying through the dense clouds on the return to base, and over France, another B-17 flying alongside Haas's aircraft, collided with his aircraft. Both aircraft suffered catastophic structural failure and crashed. Of the 21 men aboard both aircraft, only three were able to parachute to safety. Haas died in the crash. His body was returned to the North Miami area in 1948 under the return of war dead program by the US Government. The unfortunate end to a unique man with a very promising future career.

Buried

Miami-Dade County, FL, USA He is buried in Southern Memorial Park in North Miami Beach, Florida and his name is commemorated on a bronze plaque at the cemetery entrance.

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Details added from :
MACR 8857 - https://www.fold3.com;
hhttp://www.ladives1944.com/documents/crash-b17-dives-cabourg/&prev=sear…;
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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia