Warren Keith Haga

Military

Assigned to 533BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Wainwright crew. 15 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-31698; hit by fighters, fell out of formation colliding with B-17 42-97214 'Carolina Queen' and exploding. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5319





Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Clarence Dale Wainwright

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11069104 / O-753956
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31698

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pawnee, OK 23 June 1923 Son of Grover C. and Lulu Anne [Clark] Haga.

Enlisted

Oklahoma City, OK 9 December 1942 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Died

NW Berlin 24 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-31698; hit by fighters, fell out of formation colliding with B-17 42-97214 'Carolina Queen' and exploding. KIA MACR 5319

Buried

Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot C Row 14 Grave 12

Based

Ridgewell 24 May 1944 Assigned to 533BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx