Lewis Terry Hatcher . United States Air Force 15th Air Force from West Chester, PA Terry Hatcher enlisted in November 1942 and trained as a B-17 pilot. He served with the 15th Air force, at one point from a base in Foggia, Italy.
He and his fellow airmen completed 24 bombing missions over Germany, Austria, Poland, Yugoslavia and Italy. but it was the 19th mission, on March 16, 1945, in which he bombed the Schwechat oil refinery in Austria, that he called his "longest day".
The plane took off early that morning with a 6,000-pound payload. It rendez-voused over the Adriatic Sea with hundreds of other planes. The B-17 dropped its bombs on the target and was turning to head back to base when two of the four engines quit, hit by enemy fire.
Flak had stripped through the right wing and parts of the instrument panel - and oil and gas streamed out, washing into the rear gunner's position," Mr. Hatcher told a veterans' group on 7th Feb. 1991. "The Decision was made not to bail out, but to make a go for it, out of enemy territory. Shortly afterward, a third engine quit, and the plane started losing altitude at the rate of 1,500 feet a minute. Notwithstanding all of this, the Hungarian border was reached, and a belly landing ensued on a hilly piece of farmland. Miraculously, the entire crew got out without injury. Local farm folk appeared, including one old farmer, who stepped out of the crowd flourishing a bottle of vodka and shouting, 'Do you want a drink, comrade?' The answer, 'Why not?'"
The airmen were handed over to the Russians, who in turn led them to safety with American combat troops. Mr. Hatcher told the Military Order of the World Wars. The story was chronicled by Ken Burns in his documentary "The War".
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JW Hatchett . British Army JW Hatchett served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Gnr. Thomas Henry Hatchett . British Army 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.16th Dec 1944) On 16th of December 1944, the Rex Cinema in Antwerp, which was packed full of people, was the subject of a direct hit by a V2 rocket, which killed some 290 Allied personnel, together with many Belgium civilians. One of these people was my grandmother's cousin, Harry Hatchett, of the Royal Durham Light Infantry. Is there anybody out there who has any more information about this incident or could perhaps help with recollections?
Update: Ten minutes before the rocket fell I was one of four friends who had stopped outside the cinema wondering whether to go in. I remember it was showing a Gary Cooper western which I had not seen. One of our party went in. For some unknown reason I decided to go to a cinema across the street showing a film of which I have no memory. The other two walked on.
I had barely sat down when there was an explosion and the roof fell in. I staggered out to see a scene of devastation across the road. There was nothing I could do that was not being being done so I walked away. I never saw my friend again.
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JK Hateley . British Army Royal Warwickshire Regiment JK Hateley served with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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AG Hatfield . British Army AG Hatfield served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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G Hatfield . British Army Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry G Hatfield served with the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Sgt. John William Roan Hatfield . British Army from Shrewsbury This is my dad Jack Hatfield's story as far as I know. He never told us what happened. This was told to us by my mother. He was in an armoured car in France with two army colleagues. The driver sitting at the front and the soldier making the maps sat in the middle facing forwards and dad was in the back doing the radio operating. The armoured car was bombed. Whether it was friendly fire or not we don't know because there were no identification marks on the vehicle. The driver was killed instantly because the main source of the blast was at the front of the vehicle. The soldier sitting in the middle had both his legs severely damaged above the knee and Dad had his jaw bone and facial area badly injured.
Dad managed to get the injured soldier out of the vehicle and dragged him to a small cave where he covered him with his greatcoat. The injured soldier was dead next morning through blood loss and Dad was in a poor shape. He was picked up and taken to a German field hospital. However, because they were making maps the British Infantry were not far behind them and they took over the hospital and sent the injured British soldiers home. That's as much as I know.
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Sgt. John William Roan Hatfield . British Army Recconaisance Regiment from Shrewsbury This is my dad, Sgt. Jack Hatfield's story, he never told us what happened, but this story was told to us by my mother.
He was in an armoured car in France with two of his army colleagues, the driver sitting at the front and the soldier making the maps sitting in the middle facing forwards and dad sitting in the back operating the radio. The armoured car was bombed, whether it was friendly fire or not we don't know, because there were no identification marks on the vehicle. The driver was killed instantly because the main force of the blast was at the front of the vehicle. The soldier sitting in the middle had both his legs severely damaged above the knee and dad had his jaw bone and facial area badly injured. Dad managed to get the injured soldier out of the vehicle and dragged him to a small cave where he covered him with his greatcoat. The injured soldier was dead the next morning through blood loss and dad was in a poor shape. He was picked up and taken to a German field hospital. However, because they were making maps the British infantry were not far behind them and they took over the hospital and sent the injured British soldiers home.
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R Hatfield . British Army Royal Sussex Regiment R Hatfield served with the Royal Sussex Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Gardner R. Hathaway . United States Army from Vienna, VA Gardner R. Hathaway was a former CIA chief of counterintelligence who served in the US Army in Europe during World War II and was wounded in the leg by mortar shrapnel.
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PFC. Burness C. Hatley . US Army Battery C 172nd Field Artillery Battalion
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Qmstr. Frederick Arthur "Midge" Hatt . Royal Navy HMS Pheasant from Dagenham My father served on HMS Pheasant during World War 2 and is still living. I am trying to trace anyone who may have served with him or knew him during this time. His name is Frederick Hatt, also known as Midge.
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George Hatt . I have in my 2 letters from Stalag XXA, one from a J Lilley, the other
from a George Hatt. The letters were never delivered to the family, but
I found them at a stamp auction in Canada. If anyone knows of the
families of these 2 men I would like to forward the letters on to them.
They may be 60 years late getting there, but would be good if they
arrive at their rightful home.
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P/O. Ronald Henry William Hatt . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 61 Squadron (d.13th Jan 1943) Early in the morning of 13th of January 1943 Lancaster bombers of No.61 Squadron, No.5 Group Royal Air Force were part of a force of 55 Lancasters from Nos. 1 & 5 Groups with target indication by 4 Mosquito aircraft from the Pathfinder Force, taking part in an attack on the Krupps works at Essen, one of the cities in the industrial heartland of Germany, the Ruhr. Ronald Hatt was the mid upper gunner of Lancaster MkI W4192 QR-E which took off at 03:35hrs from RAF Syerston. It crashed at Mettman, 14 km ENE of Dusseldorf, where the crew, who were all killed, were buried in the Nordfriedhof on 18th of January 1943. Their graves are now in the Reichswald War Cemetery.
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F/S D. Hatton . Royal Air Force 514 Sqdn.
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FH Hatton . British Army FH Hatton served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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AB. George Hatton . Royal Navy H.M.S. Quebec (d.19th of August 1942) George Hatton served with the Royal Navy aboard HMS Quebec in WW2. He died 19th of August 1942 aged 24 years. His body very likely washed ashore near Oostende, Belgium. He was temporarily buried at Stuiverstraat, Civilian cemetery but is now buried at Adegem Canadian War Cemetery in Belgium. Son of James and Elizabeth Hatton, of Warrington, Lancashire.
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L/Sig John Johnson Hatton . Royal Navy from Leeds, West Yorkshire
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PHC Hatton . British Army Royal Armoured Corps PHC Hatton served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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R Hatton . British Army Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment R Hatton served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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L/Sjt. Richard George Hatton . British Army 16th Field Regiment Royal Artillery from London (d.11th May 1944) Richard Hatton aka Dick was the youngest of 6 children in the Hatton family.
He served in the 16th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery but died on 11th of May 1944 aged 24. He was originally buried on Jail Hill.
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TG Hatton . British Army Royal Armoured Corps TG Hatton served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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W Hatton . British Army Royal Armoured Corps W Hatton served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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CFN2. Wilfred Hatton . British Army General Service Corps from Altrincham Wilfred Hatton served from 1943 to 1947 in beach recovery.
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Sgt. Wilbur T Haugen . US Army Air Force 96th Bombardment SQuadron from Staples, MN, USA I have a complete record of Wilbur Haugen's service. He bailed out over Holland in Feb 1944. He was picked up by the Dutch underground and was on the run for 8 months. He made it back.
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PH Haughton . British Army 3/4th Sqd. County Of London Yeomanry PH Haughton served with the 3/4th Sqd. County Of London Yeomanry British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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S Haughton . British Army Royal Armoured Corps S Haughton served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Pte. H. Haulu . South African Army Native Military Corps Private Haulu was the Son of Haulo and Shinoango Hilannje
He was 20 when he died on 4th May 1947 and is buried in the Engela Cemetery, Oshikango in Namibia.
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C Havard . British Army Royal Armoured Corps C Havard served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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JR Havard . British Army Royal Armoured Corps JR Havard served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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