Pilot: 1st/Lt Lawrence Hadcock
Squadron: 98th Bomb Group
Service # O-793322
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross
Target: Rumania - Ploesti
Missing Air Crew Report Details
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Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40655
Aircraft Model B-24D
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Lt Hadcock participated in "Operation Tidal Wave" one of the most daring raids of World War II. Coming in at tree top level, the 98th Bg destroyed the Romana oil refinery. The 98th earned the Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews received the Distinguished Flying Cross
info from John Dowdy∼The body of First Lieut. Lawrence (Jack) Hadcock was laid to its final rest in Martville cemetery this afternoon after services in the Presbyterian church of Fair Haven where his family and friends paid tribute to this hero who lost his life in World War II when his plane was shot down while on a bombing mission over the Roumanian oil fields.
Last December Mrs. Patricia Hadcock of Fair Haven was notified that the remains of her husband. Lt Lawrence (Jack) Hadcock. had been found and identified. The body was found in a common grave of three and was identified by the estimated age of the deceased and by his dental records.
There was a great array of floral tributes. The church was crowded to capacity. The body arrived in Fulton at 8 o'clock this morning and was taken by Becker & Son, Red Creek undertakers, to the home of the parents in Fair Haven. It was removed to the church at 3 p. m. where services were held with Rev. Alvin W. Stewart, pastor of the church, officiating. In the church were the members of the George Ingersott Post, 858. American Legion of Fair Haven. The body was accompanied by First Lieut William D. Mason as military escort. Lieut. Hadcock is survived by his wife, Mrs Patricia Hadcock, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hadcock; one sister Miss Margaret Hadcock, his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Lillian Hadcock; his maternal grandfather, George Scott, all of Fair Haven. He was born in Syracuse May 28, 1910, a graduate of Manlius Military academy.
Squadron: 98th Bomb Group
Service # O-793322
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross
Target: Rumania - Ploesti
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40655
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:
Lt Hadcock participated in "Operation Tidal Wave" one of the most daring raids of World War II. Coming in at tree top level, the 98th Bg destroyed the Romana oil refinery. The 98th earned the Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews received the Distinguished Flying Cross
info from John Dowdy∼The body of First Lieut. Lawrence (Jack) Hadcock was laid to its final rest in Martville cemetery this afternoon after services in the Presbyterian church of Fair Haven where his family and friends paid tribute to this hero who lost his life in World War II when his plane was shot down while on a bombing mission over the Roumanian oil fields.
Last December Mrs. Patricia Hadcock of Fair Haven was notified that the remains of her husband. Lt Lawrence (Jack) Hadcock. had been found and identified. The body was found in a common grave of three and was identified by the estimated age of the deceased and by his dental records.
There was a great array of floral tributes. The church was crowded to capacity. The body arrived in Fulton at 8 o'clock this morning and was taken by Becker & Son, Red Creek undertakers, to the home of the parents in Fair Haven. It was removed to the church at 3 p. m. where services were held with Rev. Alvin W. Stewart, pastor of the church, officiating. In the church were the members of the George Ingersott Post, 858. American Legion of Fair Haven. The body was accompanied by First Lieut William D. Mason as military escort. Lieut. Hadcock is survived by his wife, Mrs Patricia Hadcock, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hadcock; one sister Miss Margaret Hadcock, his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Lillian Hadcock; his maternal grandfather, George Scott, all of Fair Haven. He was born in Syracuse May 28, 1910, a graduate of Manlius Military academy.
Pilot: 1st/Lt Lawrence Hadcock
Squadron: 98th Bomb Group
Service # O-793322
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross
Target: Rumania - Ploesti
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40655
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:
Lt Hadcock participated in "Operation Tidal Wave" one of the most daring raids of World War II. Coming in at tree top level, the 98th Bg destroyed the Romana oil refinery. The 98th earned the Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews received the Distinguished Flying Cross
info from John Dowdy∼The body of First Lieut. Lawrence (Jack) Hadcock was laid to its final rest in Martville cemetery this afternoon after services in the Presbyterian church of Fair Haven where his family and friends paid tribute to this hero who lost his life in World War II when his plane was shot down while on a bombing mission over the Roumanian oil fields.
Last December Mrs. Patricia Hadcock of Fair Haven was notified that the remains of her husband. Lt Lawrence (Jack) Hadcock. had been found and identified. The body was found in a common grave of three and was identified by the estimated age of the deceased and by his dental records.
There was a great array of floral tributes. The church was crowded to capacity. The body arrived in Fulton at 8 o'clock this morning and was taken by Becker & Son, Red Creek undertakers, to the home of the parents in Fair Haven. It was removed to the church at 3 p. m. where services were held with Rev. Alvin W. Stewart, pastor of the church, officiating. In the church were the members of the George Ingersott Post, 858. American Legion of Fair Haven. The body was accompanied by First Lieut William D. Mason as military escort. Lieut. Hadcock is survived by his wife, Mrs Patricia Hadcock, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hadcock; one sister Miss Margaret Hadcock, his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Lillian Hadcock; his maternal grandfather, George Scott, all of Fair Haven. He was born in Syracuse May 28, 1910, a graduate of Manlius Military academy.
Squadron: 98th Bomb Group
Service # O-793322
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross
Target: Rumania - Ploesti
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40655
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:
Lt Hadcock participated in "Operation Tidal Wave" one of the most daring raids of World War II. Coming in at tree top level, the 98th Bg destroyed the Romana oil refinery. The 98th earned the Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews received the Distinguished Flying Cross
info from John Dowdy∼The body of First Lieut. Lawrence (Jack) Hadcock was laid to its final rest in Martville cemetery this afternoon after services in the Presbyterian church of Fair Haven where his family and friends paid tribute to this hero who lost his life in World War II when his plane was shot down while on a bombing mission over the Roumanian oil fields.
Last December Mrs. Patricia Hadcock of Fair Haven was notified that the remains of her husband. Lt Lawrence (Jack) Hadcock. had been found and identified. The body was found in a common grave of three and was identified by the estimated age of the deceased and by his dental records.
There was a great array of floral tributes. The church was crowded to capacity. The body arrived in Fulton at 8 o'clock this morning and was taken by Becker & Son, Red Creek undertakers, to the home of the parents in Fair Haven. It was removed to the church at 3 p. m. where services were held with Rev. Alvin W. Stewart, pastor of the church, officiating. In the church were the members of the George Ingersott Post, 858. American Legion of Fair Haven. The body was accompanied by First Lieut William D. Mason as military escort. Lieut. Hadcock is survived by his wife, Mrs Patricia Hadcock, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hadcock; one sister Miss Margaret Hadcock, his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Lillian Hadcock; his maternal grandfather, George Scott, all of Fair Haven. He was born in Syracuse May 28, 1910, a graduate of Manlius Military academy.
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"U.S.A.F. Gave his life over the Romanian oil fields." World War II
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