Hastings S Key Jr

Military

Completed 17 missions.

Crashed into North Sea on 10/22/44 in B-17 44-8099 Mid air collision and only survivor.



POW on 11/21/44 when crashed near Osnabruck in B-17 'Casa De Umbriago' 42-97574. Prisoner of War (POW) from 21 November 1944- 05 May 1945. Captured at Quakenbruck, GR and spent night in city jail. Train to Frankfurt for interrogation; traing to Berling and Stalag Luft IV; departed Luft IV in Mar 1945 road march to southwest GR. Marched 650 km. Liberated 04 May 1945 by British 1st Royal Dragons. Spent 05 May 1945 in Brussels, BE; then to Camp Luck Strike, FR; then Engalnd and back to states by Navy LSI.



AM w/ 2OLC; PH; 3 Battle Stars

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97574

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

44-8099

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Crashed

22 October 1944

Other

Prisoner of war

21 November 1944 - 5 May 1945

Born

Corpus Christi, Texas

Revisions

Date
ContributorHotelie1970
Changes
Sources

GENERAL ORDER # 559, dated 25 November 1944: From Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding Brigadier General Turner.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition MACR 9655 MACR 10414, First Over Germany pg 287 & 290, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…