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Donald H Hudson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by flak and crashed near Brumby in B-24 'Belle Of The East' #42110187 Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 467th Bomb Group.

467th Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 789th Bomb Squadron, 467th Bomb Group.

789th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

"Movement of Unit Flight Echelon, 491st Bomb Gp (H), dd 14 Mar 44 & amendments thereto dd 18 Unr 44 & 22 Mar 44 & 2nd AF Memo 35-2, dd 11 Apr 44• This is a TEMPORARY change of station.

42-110187

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Belle of the East
Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Rackheath airfield looking south, the administrative site, barracks sites and technical site with a T2 hangar is on the right, the bomb dump and ammunition dump are at the bottom, the fuel store, firing butts and second T2 hangar are on the left, 16 April 1946. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1428. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Rackheath

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Cowden, Illinois	15 March 1916
Died		29 June 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:33

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7087 and Watts book pages 117 to 120