Hudson H Upham

Military

Commanding Officer of the 492nd BG from 17 December 1944 to April 1945.

Commanding Officer of the 306th BG from 16 Apr 1945 to May 1946.

He was a West Point Graduate of 1934 class. His final duties was with the European Air Transport Service during the Occupation flying from the Weisbaden Headquarters. He was killed in flight en-route from Naples, Italy to Bovington, England on 01 Nov. 1946.

AM, French Croix de Guerre w/ Palms, British DFC,

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-24D Liberator 'Carpetbagger' - extensively modified for specialised operations - taxiis on the perimeter track at Harrington airfield. Printed caption on reverse: 'A Carpetbagger B-24D taxiing on the perimeter at Harrington. Photo - "Red" Monaghan.'

492nd Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Washington DC 13 December 1912

Died

1 November 1946

Buried

Revisions

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Removed source information added by Wattonman from biography

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Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers Ltd, 2011.

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Lee Cunningham 10-Nov-2014. Award associations minor edits of description.

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306th BGA Collection, First Over Germany pg. 313 & 322, Carpetbaggers by Ben Parnell pg. 110, 118, & 135,

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