Name:
Robert Edward Hagey
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
15103517
Unit:
330th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-02-11
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Southlawn Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana
Plot:
B
Row:
202
Grave:
1
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
SSgt Robert Edward Hagey, left waist gunner of the B-24 Liberator 42-63978 “Lonesome Polecat”, took off from station 104 in Hardwick, Norfolk, UK on a bombing mission over Siracourt’s rocket installations. They were shot down by flak at 0954, crushing two civilians and killing all aboard.