United States Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Ernest W. Hagar, 370 Fighter Squadron, Bedford Airdrome, Bedford, Massachusetts, died May 14, 1943 in an aircraft accident that occurred on the Steward Estate, Perkins Row, Topsfield, Massachusetts.  Hagar was a native of Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas.

The Topsfield Fire Department responded to the crash site and to extinguish a grass fire.

References

Bond, C. L. (1989). Houses and Buildings of Topsfield, Massachusetts: An up-date of "The Houses and Buildings of Topsfield, Massachusetts 1902" by J. H. Towne. Topsfield MA: Topsfield Historical Society. View Library Catalog record 
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National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Applications for Headstones for U.S. military veterans, 1925-1941; National Archives Microfilm Publication: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General; Record Group Number: 92.

Town of Topsfield. (1944) Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Town of Topsfield for the Year ending December 31, 1943, (8, 61). Topsfield, Mass. : Perkins Press.  [Located in Topsfield Town Library local history collection.] 

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