Hugh Irving Cash
MilitaryAssigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-95304 17-Dec-44; shot down by fighters Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10701
Awards: 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 766th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-823998
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 766th 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 |
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Born |
14 November 1925 | Son of William Irving and Oza T [Layton] Cash. | |
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Other Baled out POW |
17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-95304 17-Dec-44; shot down by fighters POW MACR 10701 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. | |
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Died |
24 January 2015 | ||
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Buried |
27 January 2015 | Woodlawn Memorial Park Greenville, Greenville County, SC | |
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Based |
17 December 1944 | Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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