Ernest Henry Hugonnet Jr
Military
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UPL 44453
From an article by Maryse McKeon (née de la Marniere) on pages 15-17 in the Summer 2001 issue of the AFEES (Air Forces Escape & Evasion Society) at https://airforceescape.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/July-2001.pdf
At the top of the list, Nielsen and Adams are RAF airmen, all the others being from the USAAF.
Harold's last name is missspelled (Thomson instead of Thompson...)
At the top of the list, Nielsen and Adams are RAF airmen, all the others being from the USAAF.
Harold's last name is missspelled (Thomson instead of Thompson...)
See UPL 44453
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200. Evaded (EVD).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802102
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-000170
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36610483
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13135631
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-685645
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Slo-Time Sally
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
10 December 1918 | ||
Enlisted |
10 February 1941 | New York City, New York | |
Other Evaded capture (EVD) |
5 January 1944 - 27 February 1944 | after bailing out of B17 #42-30200. Helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance, he left Plouha, France on a British Motor Gun Boat and arrived at Portsmouth, UK on 27 February 1944. | |
Died |
9 May 1999 | ||
New York City, New York | |||
Buried |
Ernest Hugonnet rests at Arlington |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 1892
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 425 (NARA)
VA Gravesite Locator
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1892