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David R Hughes Jr

Military

media-38804.png UPL 38804 2nd Lt. David Reynolds Hughes

"The Men and Women in World War II from Van Zandt County."

Object Number - UPL 38804 - 2nd Lt. David Reynolds Hughes

DNB. UC-64 Norseman crashed at Gunnislake, Davenshire, England while on a scheduled courier flight.

Killed in Action (KIA). This was a air transport group with the 8th in England. Ferrying troops and supplies wherever needed.

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Units served with

A C-47 Skytrain (serial number 43-8386) and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29780) nicknamed "Silver Queen" of the 95th Bomb Group.

Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'C47 43-8386. Heston- 38D Silver Queen.'

27th Air Transport Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Transport

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Van Zandt County, TX, USA	11 January 1922	Son of David Reynolds "Reynolds" Hughes and Lucy Verna "Verna" Thompson.
Died		11 June 1944	DNB. UC-64 Norseman crashed at Gunnislake, Davenshire, England while on a scheduled courier flight.

Revisions

Date6 Jun 2019 16:53:57

Contributorteresasmithnewton

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"The Men and Women in World War II from Van Zandt County"

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:06

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Leslie Veit

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Object number: UPL 38804 - 2nd Lt. David Reynolds Hughes