Edward D Hughey Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Osnabruck in B-24 41-28609 Shot down 22-Dec-43, A/C exploded in mid air. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2422
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19185853
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17129097
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-379552
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-684114
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13110217
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Navasota, TX | 16 December 1919 | Son of Edward D Sr and Pearl S [Glass] Hughey. |
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Enlisted |
Houston, TX | 10 April 1942 | Houston, Texas |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Off Frisian Islands | 22 December 1943 | Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 41-28609. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2422 |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Magraten, Netherlands | ||
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Buried |
Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, Grimes County, TX | Memorialised Oakland Cemetery Navasota, Grimes County, Texas | |
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Based |
Seething | 22 December 1943 | Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102143455/edward-d.-hughey
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56299995/edward-d.-hughey
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MACR 15161 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database