Name:
Graham Stubbs Hasty
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
14050901
Unit:
406th Bomber Squadron, 801st Bomb Group
Date of Death:
2007-07-10
State:
North Carolina
Cemetery:
Osborn Cemetery, Hiawassee, Georgia
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
SSgt Graham Stubbs Hasty, tail gunner of the B-24 Liberator 42-63798, took off from station 179 Harrington, Northamptonshire, UK at 2158 on a mission to resupply the French underground with weapons and supplies. The plane was shot down by German AA fire over Gilly-sur-Loire. The crew finished bailing out at 5000 feet, leaving the plane to crash and burn at 0110. SSgt Hasty was wounded and captured by the Germans after bailing out. He was sent to Stalag Luft 4 in Gross-Tychow.