Charles E Hughes
MilitaryOn 15-February 1943 in B-24D 41-23800 'The Captain and the Kids' while serving as Co-Pilot the aircraft was hit by flak at the start of a bomb run putting an engine out of action. FW 109s put out another engine then over the sea a 3rd engine burst into flames. Then Lt. Hughes and Cpt Cramer made a wheels up landing at Sandwich Flats on Kent coast. 3 were Killed in Action (KIA) but 7 were returned successfully.
On 1-Aug-43 in B-24D 'Flossie Flirt' 42-40777 44th BG/ 66th BS while serving a Pilot his aircraft was severely damaged by flak over the target of Ploesti, Romania. He decided to head for Turkey and landed at Chorlu airfield and he and the rest of the crew were Interned. He managed to escape in a fishing boat to Cyprus and thence back to England. (No E&E Report was found). He stayed in military and became a Colonel in USAF Dept of the Air Force.
Joined Sqd 7/5/44. Trans/491 BG 8/2/44.
AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC/ Commendation Medal/ ETO w/ 4 battle stars
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 15 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
4 August 1921 | ||
Other Returned to Duty (RTD) |
15 February 1943 | Aircraft B-24D 41-23800 was damaged by flak and fighters on mission to Dunkirk, France but managed to make it back to England and made a wheels up landing at Sandwich Flats, Kent. | |
Other Interned (INT) |
1 August 1943 | Aircraft B-24F 42-40777 was damaged by flak on mission to Ploesti, Romania but the pilot made an emergency landing at Chorlu Airfield in Turkey. |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Lee Cunningham 17-Feb-2015. All additions and changes based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / no MACR; 44th Bomb Group, The Flying Eightballs, pg 20 / self, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, pp.77, 219-220, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy pp. 48-49