Karl Von Hagen (Karl-Victor Hagen) was born in 1912. Karl Victor Hagen was an immigrant from a prominent German Jewish family that lived in Berlin and had a banking business (Bankhaus Hagen & Co.). The family has been in addition stockbrokers in New York for decades and was one of the Banks behind the BMW Company.

He was a civilian employee serving with the Department of the Army during the Berlin Airlift and was a passenger on the C-47 #43-48256 "Gooney Bird" aircraft at the time of his death. The C-47, fully loaded with goods for Berlin, that was shut off from supplies because of the Soviet blockade, seemed to have had problems climbing fast enough to clear the Taunus hills and hit the first peak, the Steinkopf, at 2200 hours. It is about 2km North of the City of Koenigstein. The reason for the crash is not known. Karl is buried now in Jüdischer Friedhof Prenzlauer Berg, Prenzlauer Berg, Pankow, Berlin, Germany

Aboard C-47 #43-48256 were:
1LT George B. Smith
1LT Leland V. Williams
Karl von Hagen (civilian, Department of the Army)

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