Philip H Hazelett

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Newspaper Article Philip Hazlett The Dayton Herald Oct 23 1944 UPL 76137 UPL 76137 Newspaper Article Philip Hazlett The Dayton Herald Oct 23 1944

 The Dayton Herald Oct 23 1944

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Object Number - UPL 76137 - Newspaper Article Philip Hazlett The Dayton Herald Oct 23 1944

Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. 193 Hrs combat, 57 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) escort Hannover Strafing Wunstrof A/D in P-47 42-26064 hit by AA fire crashed Gildehaus 28-May-44 . Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5028.



Awards: DFC(OLC), AM(3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

28 June 1921 Son of Herschel Harry and Vesta V [Phillips] Hazelett.

Enlisted

27 August 1942 Fort Thomas Newport Kentucky

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

28 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort Hannover Strafing Wunstrof A/D in P-47 42-26064 hit by AA fire crashed Gildehaus 28-May-44 . KIA. MACR 5028.

Buried

1 June 1944 Interred Lingen POW cemetery.

Buried

Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 14 Grave 30

Based

28 May 1944 Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Exact arrival date not yet known.

Born

Revisions

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National Archives newspaper

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ABMC

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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ABMC, C. E. Behrens, MACR 5028 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

ABMC record: http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…

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MACR 5028 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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