Patrick McHugh
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | B-17 Gunner Left Waist & Tail | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
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Military
Commanding Officer 305th Bombardment Group November-1943 to 18-June-1944. Shot down at Hamburg by Flak on 18-Jun-44 in B-17 42-97647. Killed while leading the whole 8th AF in strike formation. His a/c was severed midship by antiaircraft gunfire. Killed in Action (KIA) ref MACR 5939. Career pilot who made his name as a member of the USAAF Air Racing and cross-country team in the 1920s and 1930s; also pre-war test pilot.
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | B-17 Gunner Left Waist & Tail | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Group
The 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy), nicknamed "Can Do" was activated 1-March-1942 at Salt Lake City Air Base, Utah which was their primary training base until 11-Jun-1942 when they relocated to Geiger Field, Washington until 29-Jun-1942, then on to...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 17/1/44; 1SAG Langley 27/2/44; Grenier 1/4/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 4/44; transferred 366BS/305BG [KY-A] Chelveston 16/5/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 18/6/44 with Col Ernest Lawson (C.O.), Co-pilot: Capt Homer Claymore, Navigator:...
8 September 1943
5 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched to assist the RAF with a photoflash drop over the target at Boulogne, France. There are no losses or claims.
Military site : airfield
Chelveston was adapted and expanded in preparation for the arrival of American forces. Rather than heavy bombers, the first aircraft to fly from its runways were C-47 Skytrains that were flown by the 60th Troop Carrier Group in July 1942. The first...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | San Antonio, Texas, USA | 1899 |
Killed in Action (KIA) | Hamburg | 18 June 1944 |
Died | 18 June 1944 | |
Shot down over Hamburg. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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18 February 2019 07:54:10 | miAmigo | Changes to middlename and events |
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18 February 2019 07:40:44 | miAmigo | Changes to biography |
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23 November 2014 21:04:46 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to place associations and mission associations |
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Lee Cunningham 23-Nov-2014. Added connection to Chelveston and Mission 93 per MACR 5939. |
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23 November 2014 20:33:47 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to biography |
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Lee Cunningham 23-Nov-2014.Added CO 305BG dates, http://www.usaaf.com/8thaf/bomber/305bg.HTM. MACR ref "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman & Dave Osborne. |
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27 September 2014 18:09:15 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5939 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45; MACR 5939, Heritage of Valor by Budd Peaslee book dedication |