Hasty Graham Stubbs

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Graham Stubbs Hasty is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-24 Liberator (42-63798) Memorial -Operation Carpetbagger

Name:

Graham Stubbs Hasty

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

14050901

Unit:

406th Bomber Squadron, 801st Bomb Group

Date of Death:

2007-07-10

State:

North Carolina

Cemetery:

Osborn Cemetery, Hiawassee, Georgia

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

SSgt Graham Stubbs Hasty, tail gunner of the B-24 Liberator 42-63798, took off from station 179 Harrington, Northamptonshire, UK at 2158 on a mission to resupply the French underground with weapons and supplies. The plane was shot down by German AA fire over Gilly-sur-Loire. The crew finished bailing out at 5000 feet, leaving the plane to crash and burn at 0110. SSgt Hasty was wounded and captured by the Germans after bailing out. He was sent to Stalag Luft 4 in Gross-Tychow.