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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Willard Hadjes

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Fort Dodge, Iowa

Honored By

Timothé Loock

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE ARMY AIR FORCES. HE SERVED AS PILOT ON THE 601ST BOMB SQUADRON, 398TH BOMB GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE. ON 18TH JUNE 1944, HIS B-17 AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN GERMANY DURING A RAID ON GERMAN FACTORY AND HE WAS PRISONER OF WAR UNTIL 18TH MAY 1945 IN STALAG LUFT 3.