William Grant Hughes

Military
media-45093.jpeg UPL 45093 2nd Lt. William Grant Hughes. Picture source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - 9 January 1949

2nd Lt. William Grant Hughes. Picture source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - 9 January 1949

Object Number - UPL 45093 - 2nd Lt. William Grant Hughes. Picture source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - 9 January 1949

Shot down 25 June 1943 in B-17 #425839. Prisoner of War (POW).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-5839

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

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Events

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Born

Dansville, New York State 9 September 1919

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2nd Lt. William Grant Hughes. Picture source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - 9 January 1949

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Press - Rochester, Democrat and Chronicle - 9 January 1949

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1367

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