United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Friday, January 15, 1943
Age: 31
Tour of Duty: 1 year
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Date of Incident: January 15, 1943
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Special Agent Harold Haberfeld and Special Agent Percy Foxworth were killed in a C-54 military transport plane crash near Bakkie, Suriname, while en route to North Africa.
The agents were performing a secret mission at the request of General Dwight Eisenhower in support of war efforts during WWII. They were en route to retrieve Charles Bedaux, a French-born, naturalized American who was under investigation for cooperating with the German and Vichy governments.
The cause of the aircraft crash was ultimately determined to be mechanical failure. Nearly no remains of the 35 people aboard were found; the wreckage was strewn across a mile and a half of dense jungle.
Special Agent Haberfeld, a skilled linguist, had served one year with the FBI in its Buffalo Field Office when he died. He was survived by his wife.