Wade Hampton Boggan

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Mid 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

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Egg
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 390th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Eager Beaver
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

Revisions

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Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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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

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 671