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Personal info

Full name
HAGA, Warren Keith
Date of birth
23 June 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Pawnee, Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
18194331
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
533rd Bombardment Squadron,
381st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 May 1944
Place of death
Melchow, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 14 12

Immediate family

Members
Grover Haga (father)
Lulu Haga (mother)
Velma Haga (sister)
Ray Haga (brother)
Chester Haga (brother)
Doris E. Haga (sister)
Jo E. (Canfield) Haga (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31698
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city
MACR: 5319

More information

S/Sgt Warren K. Haga graduated from Perry High School in 1941. He attended Oklahoma A&M College.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 9 December 1942. He had been overseas since 6 March 1944.

B-17 #42-31698 was crippled by enemy fire during the first fighter attack. The right wing broke off and as it went down, collided with B-17 #42-97214. Both airplane exploded.

Of this B-17 two crew members were taken prisoner, seven men were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com,
www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Perry High School Yearbook 1946