Emanuel J Hauf

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There are silver wings and ribbons on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. The man is looking directly at the camera and is not smiling UPL 60809 UPL 60809 Lt. Emanuel J. Hauf, 751st BS, 457th BG, Ardennes American Cemetery, Wall of the Missing

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Object Number - UPL 60809 - Lt. Emanuel J. Hauf, 751st BS, 457th BG, Ardennes American Cemetery, Wall of the Missing

Assigned to 751BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-97452 crashed into channel off Ostend. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5296.



Awards: AM(3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Walter Furtta

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36733240
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Oscar A Gascon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18151016
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

William R Hawley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16083739 / O-695905
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Richard Eugene Jaqua

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15080425 / O-752678
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Willis H Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13177193
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-97452

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lingle, Wyoming 16 March 1919 Son of Henry and Eva Katherine [Specht] Hauf.

Died

25 miles off Ostend, Belgium 28 May 1944 Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-97452 crashed into channel off Ostend. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5296.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing at Ardennes American Cemetery

Based

28 May 1944 Assigned to 751BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Memorialsed Lingle Wyoming

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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Sources

https://457thbombgroupassoc.org/ardennes-american-cemetery/

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28628837
https://www.fold3.com/record/529856024-emanuel-hauf
https://www.fold3.com/image/310952740?terms=Emanuel%20Hauf
https://www.fold3.com/page/529856024-emanuel-hauf/facts
http://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=129264
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/nl/american-war-cemete…
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56358643/emanuel-hauf

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 5296 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Emanuel J Hauf: Gallery (1 items)

Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There are silver wings and ribbons on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. The man is looking directly at the camera and is not smiling

Object number: UPL 60809 - Lt. Emanuel J. Hauf, 751st BS, 457th BG, Ardennes...