Ernest Henry Hugonnet Jr

Military
media-44453.png 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...)

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Object Number - 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...

Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200. Evaded (EVD).

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38158454
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36278383
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35374137
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33254507
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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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

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Associated Media

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 1892
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 425 (NARA)
VA Gravesite Locator

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1892

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