Doane Hage Jr
MilitaryHe reported to the group on 19 Jun 1942. He flew on Loyal M. Felts crew. He was armorer under Lt. Knight in England, then volunteered for gunner slot that became vacant. Completed 4 missions.
Shot down 9 November 1942 in B-17 41-24491 while serving as Waist Gunner. Plane crashed 5 miles north-west of St. Nazaire, France. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag 17B Braunau-Gneikendorf, Krems, Austria.
POW
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13030895
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19078528
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-366259
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-726152
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20136293 at enlistment, then O-660490
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 December 1942
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Evansville, IN, USA | 9 June 1921 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 9 November 1942 - 1 June 1945 | Held at Stalag 17B Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 1-Jun-45. |
Revisions
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Lee Cunningham 24-Nov-2014. Aircraft association per MACR 6012; POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
Lee Cunningham 30-Oct-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 6012; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW records.
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 45 MACR 6012, First Over Germany pg. 43 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia