Cecil T Haugen

Military
Lieutenant-Colonel George Lawson decorates Major Cecil T. Haugen, of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm, in March 1944. caption on image: "Lt. Col. George Lawson Decorating Maj. Cecil T. Haugen ... Later killed near Mount Farm, Eng. in a Spit XI." media-401589.jpg FRE 3265 Lieutenant-Colonel George Lawson decorates Major Cecil T. Haugen, of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm, in March 1944. caption on image: "Lt. Col. George Lawson Decorating Maj. Cecil T. Haugen ... Later killed near Mount Farm, Eng. in a Spit XI." Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3265 - Lieutenant-Colonel George Lawson decorates Major Cecil T. Haugen, of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm, in March 1944. caption...

Crash landed in poor weather after losing one engine during an operational mission on 6 Mar 1944 in F-5C #42-67113. RTD. Crashed in Spitfire PL767 due to poor weather at Manor Farm, Combe, pilot Major Cecil T Haugen, KIA. 28-6-44.

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 27th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
Major Haugen, of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group with his Spitfire PR Mk. XI. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Patsy Piscitelli. Major Haugen - cr. on return 13th op - 6 miles from Mount Farm.'
  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

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Crashed

Mt Farm Cottage, Dorchester, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 7PG, UK 6 March 1944 Crash landed in poor weather after losing one engine during an operational mission on 6 Mar 1944 in F-5C #42-67113.

Died

Combe, Hungerford, West Berkshire RG17, UK 28 June 1944 Crashed in Spitfire PL767 due to poor weather at Manor Farm, Combe, pilot Major Cecil T Haugen, KIA. 28-6-44.
Denver County, CO, USA Denver County, Colorado, USA.

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial.

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Sources

7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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