Billie Hudson

Military

Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at St Zizier in B-24 #4252348

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-52348

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lady Shamrock
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

24 September 1944

Born

Bedford, Indiana, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 24 September 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9574 / MACR 9574 & Page 277of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database