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HASQUIN, Felicien Jr - Date of
birth
23 July 1913 -
Age
31 -
Place of birth
Canada -
Hometown
Mount Olive, Macoupin County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36485250 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
Engineer/Gunner -
Unit
574th Bombardment Squadron,
391st Bombardment Group, Medium
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 December 1944 - Place of
death
3 miles east of Ahrweiler, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| G | 2 | 17 |
Immediate family
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Members
Felicien Hasquin (father)
Marie (Colin) Hasquin (mother)
Joseph Hasquin (brother)
Emile Hasquin (brother)
Kathryn (Dragovich) Hasquin (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-95841 -
Data
Type: B-26B
Nickname: Powerful Katrinka
Destination: Ahrweiler, Germany
Mission: Bombing of a railroad viaduct
MACR: 11671
More information
Cpl Felicien Hasquin Jr. was employed at St. Louis at the Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Corporation in 1942.He enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 20 May 1943.
Both his parents were born in Belgium and immigrated from Rotterdam, the Netherlands on the vessel Uraniu to Halifax, Canada and from there to the United States on 16 September 1913.
He enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 20 May 1943.
According to a crew member of another B-26 in the same flght, the airplane left the formation, probably after being hit by flak.
The entire crew of six men was killed.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hasquin Family Tree / Naturalization Record, www.fold3.com, www.newspapers.com - Alton Evening Telegraph
Photo source: Peter Schouteten