Greetings Paul and Temujin,
Hope this finds you both well and healthy !
I got my info from CASPIR about him being an American, maybe they did not understand that he is buried in a common grave there in Keokuk, Iowa
https://caspir.warplane.com/personnel/u ... /600007998
Wonder how many others are in this situation ???
Cheers
George
Flt Sgt Edward Wilhelm Haglund, R/68760
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Re: Flt Sgt Edward Wilhelm Haglund, R/68760
Hi George,
Not including RAF airmen lost in the USA in accidents or operations, and RCAF (USA) whose families somehow got their son's bodies returned to the USA (including at least 1 illegal disinterment), I have 2 RCAF airmen lost overseas who were on USA aircraft and were buried in collective graves, and re-patriated and re-interred in the USA.
F/O F.D. Jolicouer RCAF and the crew of a USAAF OA-10 43-43859, 1st Emergency Rescue Squadron, lost September 12, 1944 in India is one.
For some reason I can't find the second offhand. I don't have the names of the USAAF crew and have meant to write to the Cemetery they are interred in to find out.
Of interest is TSgt J.B. Keisow USAAF, born in the USA but raised in Saskatchewan. He was one of those airmen who trained in the RCAF and then transferred in the field to the USAAF. They were required to complete their first tour in Bomber Command before being released to US units and some were killed in this. TSgt Keisow was killed July 24-25 in 630 Lancaster III PA992, and post-war his remains were re-patriated to Paswegin, Saskatchewan, where he was re-interred, probably the only airman killed in Bomber Command interred in Canada.
I know that these USAAF transferred from the RCAF were all listed to the same unit, 12th Replacement Depot or 12th Manning Depot. I wonder if the RCAF serving in the USAAF were similarily recorded?
(And you might be interested in LCdr J.C. Waldron USN, commander of VT-8 (Torpedo 8), USS Hornet, that was wiped out attacking Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway. Born in the USA he was brought to Canada as an infant and raised in Lashburn, Saskatchewan until he left to enter the US Naval Academy. His nephew, Lt. A.G. Waldron, was killed in Italy serving in the Canadian Army (info from Berry, Chisholm and Parsons Age Shall Not Weary Them - Saskatchewan Remembers it's War Dead, People's Place Publishing Ltd., 2005)).
And then there is General George Kenney, who always claimed he was born in Canada while his parents were on vacation here (still quoted in some sources). In fact both his father and mother were descended from Americans who had lived in Nova Scotia for nearly a century, but he was very concerned that his 'foriegn' birth in what Americans of the time still considered a British Colony would hold back his promotions. And he might have had a point. He is, however, the highest ranked Canadian in the US forces.
All the Best,
Paul
Not including RAF airmen lost in the USA in accidents or operations, and RCAF (USA) whose families somehow got their son's bodies returned to the USA (including at least 1 illegal disinterment), I have 2 RCAF airmen lost overseas who were on USA aircraft and were buried in collective graves, and re-patriated and re-interred in the USA.
F/O F.D. Jolicouer RCAF and the crew of a USAAF OA-10 43-43859, 1st Emergency Rescue Squadron, lost September 12, 1944 in India is one.
For some reason I can't find the second offhand. I don't have the names of the USAAF crew and have meant to write to the Cemetery they are interred in to find out.
Of interest is TSgt J.B. Keisow USAAF, born in the USA but raised in Saskatchewan. He was one of those airmen who trained in the RCAF and then transferred in the field to the USAAF. They were required to complete their first tour in Bomber Command before being released to US units and some were killed in this. TSgt Keisow was killed July 24-25 in 630 Lancaster III PA992, and post-war his remains were re-patriated to Paswegin, Saskatchewan, where he was re-interred, probably the only airman killed in Bomber Command interred in Canada.
I know that these USAAF transferred from the RCAF were all listed to the same unit, 12th Replacement Depot or 12th Manning Depot. I wonder if the RCAF serving in the USAAF were similarily recorded?
(And you might be interested in LCdr J.C. Waldron USN, commander of VT-8 (Torpedo 8), USS Hornet, that was wiped out attacking Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway. Born in the USA he was brought to Canada as an infant and raised in Lashburn, Saskatchewan until he left to enter the US Naval Academy. His nephew, Lt. A.G. Waldron, was killed in Italy serving in the Canadian Army (info from Berry, Chisholm and Parsons Age Shall Not Weary Them - Saskatchewan Remembers it's War Dead, People's Place Publishing Ltd., 2005)).
And then there is General George Kenney, who always claimed he was born in Canada while his parents were on vacation here (still quoted in some sources). In fact both his father and mother were descended from Americans who had lived in Nova Scotia for nearly a century, but he was very concerned that his 'foriegn' birth in what Americans of the time still considered a British Colony would hold back his promotions. And he might have had a point. He is, however, the highest ranked Canadian in the US forces.
All the Best,
Paul
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Re: Flt Sgt Edward Wilhelm Haglund, R/68760
Greetings Paul,
Temujin had pointed me in the direction of the Allied Nations had come to an agreement wherein the case of an Allied Aircraft crash with mixed nation crews, the deceased crew members would all be buried in the nation where the majority of the crew came from, of course the difference was the Commonwealth Nations where most of the fallen were buried where or near where they fell.
Here in Fort Worth, Texas, there was 3 WW I training airfields, where those from the Commonwealth were buried on or near one of the three bases, Benbrook, Everman and Saginaw, Texas. In 1924, 11 Commonwealth fliers were moved to Greenwood Cemetery in Fort Worth along with A Canadian Instructor's baby. In 1975 one of their fellow aviators had requested and was approved to be buried with his fellow aviators.
In Terrell, Texas, there was a Commonwealth training airfield in WW II, Number 6 B.F.T.S., sadly there was 20 Commonwealth Cadets killed in training accidents, there is a museum located at the airport, and an annual memorial service is held for them in the local cemetery in Terrell, Texas ! What was wild, I have found where Americans attempting to join the U.S. Air Corp were turned down, they went to Canada to join the RCAF, were accepted, then sent back to the U.S. for training !
Hope all is well, All the Best !
George
Temujin had pointed me in the direction of the Allied Nations had come to an agreement wherein the case of an Allied Aircraft crash with mixed nation crews, the deceased crew members would all be buried in the nation where the majority of the crew came from, of course the difference was the Commonwealth Nations where most of the fallen were buried where or near where they fell.
Here in Fort Worth, Texas, there was 3 WW I training airfields, where those from the Commonwealth were buried on or near one of the three bases, Benbrook, Everman and Saginaw, Texas. In 1924, 11 Commonwealth fliers were moved to Greenwood Cemetery in Fort Worth along with A Canadian Instructor's baby. In 1975 one of their fellow aviators had requested and was approved to be buried with his fellow aviators.
In Terrell, Texas, there was a Commonwealth training airfield in WW II, Number 6 B.F.T.S., sadly there was 20 Commonwealth Cadets killed in training accidents, there is a museum located at the airport, and an annual memorial service is held for them in the local cemetery in Terrell, Texas ! What was wild, I have found where Americans attempting to join the U.S. Air Corp were turned down, they went to Canada to join the RCAF, were accepted, then sent back to the U.S. for training !
Hope all is well, All the Best !
George