Willard Hadjes
Military
Object Number - UPL 20976 - Back Row (viewer's left to right): 2nd Lt. Willard Hadjes, Pilot F/O Homer R. Kuck, Co-Pilot John A. Hiller, Bombardier Richard E. Howell,...
Shot down at Bavendorf on 6/18/44 in B-17 #42-102391 Prisoner of War (POW)
POW
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Waterloo, IA, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 18 June 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA). Added a connection to the pow camp "Stalag Luft 3".
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
My father was born in Waterloo, Iowa.
398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.
Willard Hadjes was my grandfather's pilot
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5998 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
