Lloyd Scott Hathcock

Military
media-16952.jpeg UPL 16952 Lt Lloyd S “Scotty” Hathcock of Dayton, Ohio. A Tuskegee airman from class 43-K-SE graduating with pilots wings as a 2nd Lt 12th May 1943. Assigned 310th FS, 332nd FG, 12th AF. Captured in Italy during the summer of 1944, Lt Hathcock spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft III and Stalag VII-A prison camps.
After the war, Hathcock stayed in the service and helped to desegregate the U.S. Air Force.

Object Number - UPL 16952 - Lt Lloyd S “Scotty” Hathcock of Dayton, Ohio. A Tuskegee airman from class 43-K-SE graduating with pilots wings as a 2nd Lt 12th May 1943....

Lt (Later Major) Lloyd S “Scotty” Hathcock. 301st FS, 332nd FG, 12th AF. Captured in Italy having got lost on ferry mission in Republic P-47D 42-75971, landed in error at enemy held Rome-Littorio on 29th May 1944, apparently flying the correct distance on the ferry flight but with 180 degrees wrong direction. MACR 6921.

Lt Hathcock spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft III and Stalag VII-A prison camps.

After the war, Hathcock stayed in the service and helped to desegregate the U.S. Air Force.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Ruthless Ruthie
  • Unit: 325th Fighter Group 317th Fighter Squadron 332nd Fighter Group 100th Fighter Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Dayton, Ohio 10 December 1919 Son of Jessie Hathcock.

Enlisted

Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA 8 September 1942 Patterson Field Fairfield Ohio, USA.

Other

Graduated as Pilot

Tuskegee, AL, USA 12 May 1943 Class 43-K-SE Tuskegee Airman. awarded pilot wings as 2nd Lt. 12th May 1943.

Other

Captured

Aeroporto di Roma - Urbe, Via Salaria, 00138 Roma, Italy 29 May 1944 Captured in Italy having got lost on ferry mission in Republic P-47D 42-75971, landed in error at enemy held Rome-Littorio on 29th May 1944, apparently flying the correct distance on the ferry flight but with 180 degrees wrong direction. MACR 6921.

Other

Prisoner Of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 29 May 1944 - 29 April 1945 Prisoner Of War (POW). Spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft III and Stalag VII-A prison camps.

Other

Discharged USAAF

5 December 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Dayton, OH, USA 10 February 1985

Buried

Dayton National Cemetery 19 February 1985 Dayton National Cemetery Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

Other

Assigned

Ramitelli, Italy 29 May 1944 Assigned to 301st FS, 332nd FG, 12th AF.

Revisions

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Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Previous IWM entry
Corrected mistakes to squadron number and location of Patterson AAF

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