Hadden Raymond Laverne

Monuments

S/SGT Haigh & 2LT Fassnacht (B-24, 42-51964) Memorial

Name:

Raymond Laverne Hadden

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

33604294

Unit:

778th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1979-08-09

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Evergreen Cemetery Oakland, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania,

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Raymond Haddon was born on May 20, 1924 and was from Broome County, New York. He served as a Gunner on B-24 (42-51964) of the 778th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group which was based out of Pantanella Airbase in Italy.
On October 17, 1944, this plane was a mission to bomb the heavily defended city of Vienna. Over Vienna, the plane was hit and badly damaged. Two of the crew were killed in flight; the others parachuted out and all were captured except for one who died on impact. A memorial in Zohor, Slovakia remembers the plane and two crewmembers who died with the plane.
Haddon was taken as a POW (Camp - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow) remained there for the rest of the war. He was a member of American Ex-Prisoners of War Society (AXPOW)