Hugh Henry Hanley
MilitaryAssigned to 765BS, 461BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-50953 'Flying Finger'; A/C downed by fighters. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10677
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35540229 / O-709511 / O-56544
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Flying Finger
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Jersey City, NJ | 29 April 1923 | Son of George and Mary Hanley. |
Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 27 October 1942 | New York City New York |
Other Baled out POW |
Muglitz, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-50953 'Flying Finger'; A/C downed by fighters. POW MACR 10677 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
Cornwall, NY | 24 April 2009 | |
Buried |
Orange County Veterans Cemetery, Goshen, NY | 28 April 2009 | Orange County Veterans Cemetery Goshen, Orange County, NY |
Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 765BS, 461BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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