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HOGAN, Hugh F - Date of
birth
22 December 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut -
Hometown
New Haven County, Connecticut
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-2060290 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
701st Bombardment Squadron,
445th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
20 March 1945 - Place of
death
Three miles east of Helgoland, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Michael F. Hogan (father)
Anna E. Hogan (mother)
Anita F. Hogan (sister)
Michael T. Hogan (brother)
Elizabeth Hogan (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-48851 -
Data
Type: B-24
Destination: Hemmingstadt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Heide oil refinery
MACR: 13563
More information
2nd Lt Hugh F. Hogan attended the University of Connecticut for 2 years before he enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 15 December 1942.The 3rd picture on the right is taken at the Lodwick School of Aeronautics at Lakeland, Florida in October 1943 when his mother, who he had not seen for ten months, visited him.
The aircraft received a direct hit by flak while on his bomb run. The right wing came off and a large hole was observed in the left wing. The ship then blew up as it crashed into the water.
The entire crew is listed on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.8thafhs.org, Hugh Bowers (nephew) and American Air Museum, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Hugh Bowers (nephew) and American Air Museum