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The crew of the Boeing B-17 "The Bad Penny" poses by their plane at an airbase in Cambridge, England. Back Row, L to R: navigator 1Lt Raymond Y Kurtz; bombardier 1Lt Philip T Palmer; pilot Capt Charles E "Red" Cliburn; copilot 1Lt Clyde E DeBaum; Waist gun Sgt Hubert G Hayes. Front Row L to R: Top turret T/Sgt Raymond T Moore; Radio T/Sgt James Moore; Ball Turret S/Sgt Clarence A Cluck; Waist gun S/Sgt Paul A Shook; Tail gun S/Sgt Walter Charles Dager. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A09067-50274AC.
Members of the crew of the "Bad Penny" a B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 91st Bomb Group, Cambridge, England just returned to its airfield in England from a raid over France. L-R : S/Sgt Walter Dager, S/Sgt Clarence Cluck, Sgt Paul Shook, T/Sgt James Moore and Sgt Hubert Hayes. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A11972-79070AC.
" Sgt Hubert Hayes [ Parkersville, West Virginia ] waist gunner on the Boeing B-17 "The Bad Penny" checks his gun before take-off on a mission over enemy territory from his base at Cambridge, England. 6 May 1943 ". Alongside Hayes, the other waist gunner Sgt Paul J Shook Jr. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A12621-79043AC.
" Members of the crew of the Boeing B-17 "The Bad Penny" are interrogated, by Major John J McNaboe [head of the table] intelligence officer of the 91st BG, after their return from a mission over enemy territory." NAR Ref 342-FH-3A14119-79223AC.
13-May-43. - " Just back from a raid over France, the flight crew of the Boeing B-17 "The Bad Penny" is met by the ground crew. they are, in front: Seated: Capt John R (Tex) McCrary, a public relations officer with the 8th Air Force. Kneeling L-R: Pvt Lester C Chesser, Sgt Tom Mullenik, Sgt Davis L George. Standing L-R: Cpl Emil Richard Knutelsky, Sgt John M Yates, M/Sgt James Lemley, Sgt Charles H Mathers, Sgt Merel Hawthorne. Seated on truck L-R: 1Lt Clyde Debaun, 1Lt Raymond V Kurtz, Capt Charles E Cliburn, 1Lt Philip T Palmer. Standing L-R: S/Sgt Clarence Cluck, S/Sgt Paul Shook, T/Sgt Raymond T Moore, S/Sgt Walter T Dager, Sgt Hubert G Hayes, S/Sgt James Moore. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A11976-79224AC.
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
First pilot to complete combat tour in 8th AF--May 13, 1943. Flew on the wing of the 'Memphis Belle. ' Plane's name was 'Bad Penny. ' Also flew "Quitchurbitchin." On 23 Nov 1942 he crash landed in heavy fog at Bassingbourn.
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Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
Squadron
Home of the Memphis Belle
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-B] Bangor 31/8/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; 322BS [LG-A] 5/43 16+m; taken off operations and transferred 403 AD 2/7/43; 8AF HQ Sqd 15/8/43 for VIP duties. Salvaged 19/10/44. Used as camera ship to film Major William Wilder's...
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
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| Born | Wood County, WV | 9 November 1921 |
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Son of Harvey Clifton and Lulu Evelyn [Bell] Hays. |
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| Lived in | Parkersburg, WV, USA | 1941 |
| Based | Bassingbourn | 1943 – 1944 |
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Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | 14 March 1951 | |
| Buried | Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, TX | 19 March 1951 |
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Fort Bliss National Cemetery |
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| 24 March 2020 09:38:38 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/190342752 |
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| 24 March 2020 02:28:18 | Troy Burnett | Changes to awards |
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https://valor.defense.gov/Portals/24/Documents/ServiceCross/ArmyDSC-WWII... |
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| 24 March 2020 02:04:47 | Troy Burnett | Changes to surname and awards |
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https://www.newspapers.com/image/433251901/?terms=Hubert%2BG%2BHays |
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| 20 March 2017 15:49:11 | Al_Skiff | Changes to person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/32145356/?terms=Hubert%20G%20Hayes |
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| 20 March 2017 15:47:37 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, highest rank, role, biography, events and media associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/32145356/?terms=Hubert%20G%20Hayes |
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