Hagan, John Frederick Lawrence
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | John Frederick Lawrence |
Surname | Hagan |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-11-1943 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB536 |
Markings | PH-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 6. G. 17. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 44 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 135666 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-11-1943 |
End Date | 04-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (37% moon) |
Operation | Dusseldorf |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into the Rhine, from where the bodies were still being recovered as late as February 1944. Six are now buried in the Reichswald Forrest War Cemetery. Sgt, Anderson commemorated on panel 140 of the Runnymede Memorial |