Henry Clarence Hudson Jr
MilitaryAssigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-806281
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Crosby, TX | 10 November 1923 | Son of Henry Clarence and Pearl Dora [Johnson] Hudson. |
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Enlisted |
Houston, TX | 4 September 1942 | |
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Other Baled out POW |
West of Wiener Neustadt | 26 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 26 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Leesville, Vernon Parish, LA | 9 October 2011 | |
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Buried |
Rosewood Funeral Home and Cemetery, Porter, TX | 14 October 2011 | Rosewood Funeral Home and Cemetery Porter, Montgomery County, TX |
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Based |
Lucera | 26 July 1944 | Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. |