Paul Albert Hagmann

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 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

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • 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

Places

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