World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert Leo Hage
Hometown
Missoula, Montana
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 26 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK. 1C (X9786) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER OF 3./NACHJAGDGESCHWADER 1 AND CRASHED INTO LAKE IJSSEL NEAR ELBURG, GELDERLAND, THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BREMEN, GERMANY ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1942. BURIED AT AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY, AMSTERDAM, NORTH HOLLAND, THE NETHERLANDS.