Robert Stephen Hagan
Military
365th FG - 386th FS - 9th AF
Pilot: Robert S. Hagan (right)
Hagan named his a/c after a girl he met (Francis Collete) while training in Louisiana. He would marry her in 1945 and they remained married until his death in 2016.
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Object Number - UPL 46807 - P-47D-15-RE #42-76275 "Fran" Code: D5-Q 365th FG - 386th FS - 9th AF Pilot: Robert S. Hagan (right) Hagan named his a/c after a girl he met...
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Units served with
![Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck of the 365th Fighter Group wearing a flying helmet with devil horns in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Screamin' Weemie". Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'AMERICAN FLYER WEARS "DEVIL'S HELMET" Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck, 27, commander of a Ninth US Air Force fighter group, waves for contact after donning his "devil's helmet" for a mission against the Nazis. The flyer calls his plane "Screaming' Weemie". Keys](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456675.jpg.webp?itok=5tRnsRWh)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Fran
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 386th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Fontanay-Sur-Mer
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brétigny-sur-Orge
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Chièvres Air Base
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Florennes / Juxaine
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kansas City, Missouri | 19 September 1924 | |
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Other Crashed |
Ardennes Forest, Belgium | 21 October 1944 | Engine seized over the Ardennes and he was forced to try to crash land. His wingtip caught the ground in the attempt which caused his a/c to cartwheel shedding the wings but coming to rest right side up. Hagan was able to walk away with bumps, scrapes and some broken ribs. He was only 400 yards from the German lines. He was back flying by the end of the year. |
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Died |
Topeka, Kansas | 10 November 2016 | |
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Buried |
Schulte, Kansas | 14 November 2016 | Saint Peters Cemetery Schulte, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA |
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Other Assigned to the 365th FG |
Azeville, France |
Revisions
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Sources
http://hellhawks.org/386_roster.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172623461/robert-s.-hagan
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/24948829/person/158434…
"Thunderbolts of The Hell Hawks" - Barnes, Crump and Sutherland, page 276
