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Personal info

Full name
HAEFT, Richard E
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Genoa, Ottawa County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15071408
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Waist Gunner
Unit
367th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
5 April 1943
Place of death
Near Dinteloord (Willemspolder), The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 11 8

Immediate family

Members
Edward R. Haeft (father)
Pearl E. (Petersen) Haeft (mother)
Judtih A. Haeft (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5072
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Mortsel, Belgium
Mission: Bombing of the Erla works, storage and manufacturing plant for aircraft parts
MACR:15533

More information

S/Sgt Richard E. Haeft graduated from Clay High School in Genoa in May 1941.

He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio on 24 November 1941. He was sent overseas in September 1942.

This aircraft was lost to fighter attack. Seven crew members were killed, three were taken prisoner.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.defensie.nl - verliesregister, 1940 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Yearbook