Buell E Hoagland
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) crashed near Prun, Belgium in B-17 #44-8249 'Fredee' on 24 Dec, '44. Hit by flak Took out #3 engine. Aircraft peeled off into a shallow dive then spiraled down in flames. Tail gunner of Larson's crew reported two chutes. Five crew survived: F/O TG John Hamon; 1st/Lt Buell Hoagland, NAV; 2nd/Lt Glen Gladfalder, MO; 2nd/Lt John Selyer, BB; 2nd/Lt Russell Hass, NAV. KIA were pilot 1st/Lt Jay Kenworthy; Major Carl Thomjan, Command; T/Sgt Martin Rafales, ENG; T/Sgt Vincent Sullivan, RO; S/Sgt Carl Lambert, WG.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dorothy C
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Haisington, Kansas, USA | 14 December 1920 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 24 December 1944 | Interned in POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "flak" was misspelled.
1999 Unit Roster MACR 11229 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11229 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database