Paul Albert Hagmann
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Emden mission 11-Dec-43 in B-24 41-24232 'Calaban' ; A/C hit by falling bombs, crashed near the Emden estuary. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1653
Awards: AM, PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798225
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Calaban
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Edmonton, Canada | 25 January 1909 | Son of John A and Augusta [Bulertt] Hagmann. |
Podosa, CA | 16 July 1942 | At time of draft registration: living in Podosa, CA. Next of Kin: brother Ambrose J Hagmann lived in Mt Shasta, California, USA. | |
Enlisted |
Sacramento, CA | 1 August 1942 | |
Died |
Near Emden estuary, Germany | 11 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Emden mission 11-Dec-43 in B-24 41-24232 'Calaban' ; A/C hit by falling bombs, crashed near the Emden estuary. KIA. MACR 1653 |
Buried |
Wittmund, Germany | 20 January 1944 | Interred Wittmund cemetery Germany Body not recovered from A/C wreck until Jan 1944, authorities seemingly unaware of its location. |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Shipdham | 11 December 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B Row 44 Grave 55 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1653 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database