Wade Hampton Boggan
Military ROLL OF HONOURMid air Collision 31 August 1943 in B-17 42-29816 'Eager Beaver'. Plane crashed into Channel. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (3OLC), EAME, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fentress, Mississippi | 27 June 1916 | Born Fentress, Mississippi |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 31 August 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) English Channel |
Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire |
Buried |
South Union Cemetery Fentress, Mississippi | 1 January 1948 | Memorialised South Union Cemetery Fentress, Choctaw County, Mississippi |
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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from::
- MACR 671 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 671