Fred Arnold Huston
Military
Personal collection of Fred A. Huston
Object Number - UPL 31327 - 2nd Lt. Fred A. Huston
Purple Heart, DFC (2 awards) Air Medal w 7Oak Leaf Cluster
Lt Huston wrote a chapter for the book The Yanks are Coming, by Edwin RW Hale and John Frayn Turner. His chapter is titled "My Battle From Britain." A moving quote from the chapter, page 100:
"There was something really poignant in watching the death of a Fort - more than any other ship I ever saw. They died hard. When they went down, they did so grudgingly, under protest, and metaphorically with all their flags flying."
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35708357
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19206764
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sittin' Pretty
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 13 September 1923 | |
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Died |
Oklahoma City, OK, USA | 24 March 1993 | |
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Buried |
Oklahoma |
Revisions
Attending Physician Certificate of Death, State of Oklahoma, Department of Health
Attending Physician Certificate of Death, State of Oklahoma, Department of Health, issued March 29, 1983.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son Jeff Huston
