Alfred Iver Haugen
Military
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Object Number - UPL 34645 - S/Sgt Alfred Haugen
RWG, Jones Crew, 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Damaged July 24, 1943 in B-17 #42-3217 "Georgia Rebel" and crashed in Vannacka, Sweden. Mission #11 to the chemical factories (Magnesium, Aluminum) at Heroya, Norway. MACR 132. Hit by flak, bombs dropped, #2 engine feathered and prop bent, hole in port wing near the fuel tanks with a fuel leak, #3 engine smoking and lost oil pressure. Interned. First US bomber interned in Sweden. Returned to England November 22, 1943.
Shakopee, MN
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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: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31127728
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797117
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37348624
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20402885 / O-401997
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32364219
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Georgia Rebel
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Shakopee, MN, USA | 20 September 1910 | |
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Enlisted |
Minnesota, USA | 4 May 1942 | |
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Other Internee |
Sweden | 24 July 1943 - 22 November 1943 | |
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Died |
30 September 1986 | ||
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Buried |
Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, MN Plot Y Row O Grave 1245 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx
