Willard Hadjes

Military
media-20976.jpeg 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, Navigator
Front Row (viewer's left to right):
Jack H. Brady, Crew Chief
Frank Pescia
S/Sgt. Joseph Ferraiuolo, Radio/Gunner
John B. Lindsay, Engineer/Waist Gunner
Sgt. Floyd Jones, Jr., Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. James A. Johnson, Gunner 3
Sgt. Robert B. Gibb, Engineer Gunner Nuthampstead Airfield Museum collection

398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.

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

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-102391

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron

42-97368

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tailwind
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron 601st Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Waterloo, IA, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 18 June 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

Date1 Feb 2020 19:07:32
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to service number, events and place associations
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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".

Date1 Feb 2020 19:02:37
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

Date12 Nov 2016 00:12:12
ContributorKtmh68
ChangesChanges to nickname
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My father was born in Waterloo, Iowa.

Date16 Aug 2016 10:19:25
Contributoremma simpson
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398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.

Date26 Mar 2016 20:39:43
Contributorsmccrossin
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Willard Hadjes was my grandfather's pilot

Date27 Sep 2014 18:27:26
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

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

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