Peter B Hogan Sr
Military
Object Number - UPL 28183 - 1st Lt Peter B Hogan, Sr 450BS, 322BG 9AF.
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. 38 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Amiens. A/C hit by flak, baled out, shortly after A/C exploded on impact, the pilot having been ejected, strapped in his armoured flight seat. Evaded (EVD). 8-Jul-44. MACR 6625.
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Retired Owner and President of Holyoke Ice Company.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reveiwed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379976.jpg.webp?itok=h9RDoVED)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17016570 / O-886142
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Bag of Bolts
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hampden County, MA, USA | 8 January 1920 | Son of Peter F and Anastasia D [Greaney] Hogan. |
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Enlisted |
Springfield, MA, USA | 4 November 1942 | |
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Other Shot down / baled out |
62123 Warlus, France | 8 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Amiens. A/C hit by flak, baled out, shortly after A/C exploded on impact, the pilot having been ejected, strapped in his armoured flight seat. EVD. 8-Jul-44. MACR 6625. |
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Other Evaded capture (EVD) |
8 July 1944 | Evaded capture (EVD) spent three months with the French resistance. | |
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Died |
Springfield, MA, USA | 21 May 2010 | |
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Based |
Andrews Field | 8 July 1944 | Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
1390 Main St, Agawam, MA 01001, USA | Interred Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery Agawam Hampden County Massachusetts, USA | |
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Other Graduated flight school |
Graduated from Aviation Cadet Training as a pilot 1943. | ||
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Other Graduated high school |
1250 State St, Springfield, MA 01109, USA | Graduated from Springfield Technical High School in 1938. |
