Milfred Kenneth Hathaway Jr

Military

Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Hit by flak while bombing the target of Friedrichshafen, Germany on 18-Mar-44 and rapidly losing fuel, B-24 42-100284 turned towards Switzerland crash landed at Dubendorf. Interned.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-680173
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Bedford, MA 9 August 1918 Son of Isabelle Edith Hathaway.

Enlisted

Boston, MA 28 July 1942 Boston, Massachusetts

Other

Interned (INT)

Dubendorf, Switzerland 18 March 1944 Interned (INT) Dubendorf, Switzerland.

Died

15 June 2001

Buried

Baptist Village Cemetery East Longmeadow, Hampden County, MA 18 June 2001 Baptist Village Cemetery East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Based

Seething 18 March 1944 Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
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Sources

Further information provided by Dudley Hathaway, Brother

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ContributorEmily
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Information provided by Dudley Hathaway, brother of Milfred

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3341 / MACR 3341, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database