IRONWOOD DAILY GLOBE, IRONWOOD, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1944, FRONT PAGE
LT. HAGER DIED ON FLIGHT IN GERMANY: IRONWOOD ARMY AIR FORCE PILOT WAS FIRST REPORTED MISSING
Second Lieutenant Frank James Hager, 28, of Ironwood, was killed on a flight mission over Munich, Germany, on October 4, according to information received here by his wife from the war department this morning. He was previously reported missing on that flight.
Lt. Hager was born in Ironwood on November 12, 1916. He graduated at Luther L. Wright high school and Carroll College and attended the University of Minnesota for one year.
He enlisted in October, 1942, entered service in January, 1943 and went overseas last August. He was a pilot in the army air forces.
Surviving are his wife, and his mother, Mrs. F.J. Hager Sr., of 332 Douglas Boulevard.
Submitted by
Eric Ackerman
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-826949
Entered the Service From: Michigan
766th Bomb Squadron, 461st Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Frank J. Hager is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Gogebic County, Michigan.
***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID 47735775 for adding his photo of Frank to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Dominique Potier Find A Grave ID 47278008 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank MAJ Jimmy Cotton Find A Grave ID 48803557 for updating the middle name on this memorial***
***I would like to thank Denise Find A Grave ID 46820671 for linking his parents to this memorial***
LT. HAGER DIED ON FLIGHT IN GERMANY: IRONWOOD ARMY AIR FORCE PILOT WAS FIRST REPORTED MISSING
Second Lieutenant Frank James Hager, 28, of Ironwood, was killed on a flight mission over Munich, Germany, on October 4, according to information received here by his wife from the war department this morning. He was previously reported missing on that flight.
Lt. Hager was born in Ironwood on November 12, 1916. He graduated at Luther L. Wright high school and Carroll College and attended the University of Minnesota for one year.
He enlisted in October, 1942, entered service in January, 1943 and went overseas last August. He was a pilot in the army air forces.
Surviving are his wife, and his mother, Mrs. F.J. Hager Sr., of 332 Douglas Boulevard.
Submitted by
Eric Ackerman
**************************************************************
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-826949
Entered the Service From: Michigan
766th Bomb Squadron, 461st Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Frank J. Hager is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Gogebic County, Michigan.
***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID 47735775 for adding his photo of Frank to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Dominique Potier Find A Grave ID 47278008 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank MAJ Jimmy Cotton Find A Grave ID 48803557 for updating the middle name on this memorial***
***I would like to thank Denise Find A Grave ID 46820671 for linking his parents to this memorial***
IRONWOOD DAILY GLOBE, IRONWOOD, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1944, FRONT PAGE
LT. HAGER DIED ON FLIGHT IN GERMANY: IRONWOOD ARMY AIR FORCE PILOT WAS FIRST REPORTED MISSING
Second Lieutenant Frank James Hager, 28, of Ironwood, was killed on a flight mission over Munich, Germany, on October 4, according to information received here by his wife from the war department this morning. He was previously reported missing on that flight.
Lt. Hager was born in Ironwood on November 12, 1916. He graduated at Luther L. Wright high school and Carroll College and attended the University of Minnesota for one year.
He enlisted in October, 1942, entered service in January, 1943 and went overseas last August. He was a pilot in the army air forces.
Surviving are his wife, and his mother, Mrs. F.J. Hager Sr., of 332 Douglas Boulevard.
Submitted by
Eric Ackerman
**************************************************************
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-826949
Entered the Service From: Michigan
766th Bomb Squadron, 461st Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Frank J. Hager is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Gogebic County, Michigan.
***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID 47735775 for adding his photo of Frank to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Dominique Potier Find A Grave ID 47278008 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank MAJ Jimmy Cotton Find A Grave ID 48803557 for updating the middle name on this memorial***
***I would like to thank Denise Find A Grave ID 46820671 for linking his parents to this memorial***
LT. HAGER DIED ON FLIGHT IN GERMANY: IRONWOOD ARMY AIR FORCE PILOT WAS FIRST REPORTED MISSING
Second Lieutenant Frank James Hager, 28, of Ironwood, was killed on a flight mission over Munich, Germany, on October 4, according to information received here by his wife from the war department this morning. He was previously reported missing on that flight.
Lt. Hager was born in Ironwood on November 12, 1916. He graduated at Luther L. Wright high school and Carroll College and attended the University of Minnesota for one year.
He enlisted in October, 1942, entered service in January, 1943 and went overseas last August. He was a pilot in the army air forces.
Surviving are his wife, and his mother, Mrs. F.J. Hager Sr., of 332 Douglas Boulevard.
Submitted by
Eric Ackerman
**************************************************************
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-826949
Entered the Service From: Michigan
766th Bomb Squadron, 461st Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Frank J. Hager is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Gogebic County, Michigan.
***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID 47735775 for adding his photo of Frank to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Dominique Potier Find A Grave ID 47278008 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank MAJ Jimmy Cotton Find A Grave ID 48803557 for updating the middle name on this memorial***
***I would like to thank Denise Find A Grave ID 46820671 for linking his parents to this memorial***
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