Edgar W Hackworth

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media-34470.jpeg UPL 34470 Rose-Etta in front of Our Buddy 6-20-44. Mission to Magdeburg. Lt. Hackworth and crew Rose-Etta 42-97977 452nd Bomb Group collection

Cally Boatwright 452nd BGA, sec/editor

Object Number - UPL 34470 - Rose-Etta in front of Our Buddy 6-20-44. Mission to Magdeburg. Lt. Hackworth and crew Rose-Etta 42-97977

Rose Etta: The pilot, Edgar W. Hackworth, was the only married crew member. His daughter was named “Rosetta”, so that is the name the crew agreed to name their plane. They picked up the plane in Nebraska and flew their first combat mission on May 30, 1944, and eventually finished their 30-mission tour. Plane #42-97977.

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