Eugene Hoag was Navigator on B-24 #42-52335 "Admirable Little Character", shot down 25 April 1944 over France. After landing near the crash site near Ponthion (Marne Department), France, he was sheltered, fed, clothed, transported at and to different places. After reaching Paris, he travelled to Bordeaux, Dax, then crossed the Pyrénées mountains at the Franco-Spanish border, arriving in Spain on 2 June 1944. He reached Gibraltar on the 19th and left Gibraltar by air on 23 June 1944, arriving in Hendon, England the following day. Escape & Evasion Report - E&E #769.

Evaded. At the time of the Korean War, Eugene served as a Navigator in the USAAF's 307th Bombardment Group/ 372nd Bombardment Squadron based on Okinawa Island (Japan). He was Navigator on board Boeing B-29A-55-BN Superfortress #44-61908 when it collided in mid-air with B-29-55-MO Superfortress #44-86392 on a training flight from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, on 1 February 1952. Hoag and all 11 other crew members were killed in the crash in the Sea of Japan, about 5 miles off Bolo Point, Okinawa. All aboard 44-86392 survived.