Hugh Oliver Bradford
Military
Object Number - UPL 54355 - T/Sgt Hugh O Bradford, 385BG.
Assigned to 550BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 3 x kills. Shot down 5-Dec-43 in B-17 42-3294 'Suzanne'. Plane ditched in Atlantic off Portugal. Interned (INT). MACR 1338
After a few weeks returned to duty.
Award: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWIII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
Post war: He was the owner and operator of The Bradford Store in Pine Log, Georgia, and retired from Union Carbide.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15095291 / O-737441
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Suzanne
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Cartersville, GA | 18 July 1921 | Son of Samuel R and Jessie [Roberts] Bradford. |
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Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA | 7 August 1942 | Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Lisbon, Portugal | 5 December 1943 | Interned (INT), Lisbon, Portugal |
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Died |
27 June 2017 | ||
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Buried |
Oak Hill Cemetery Cartersville, Bartow County, GA | Oak Hill Cemetery Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia | |
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Based |
Great Ashfield | Assigned to 550BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1338 / MACR 1338, self, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 409. MACR 1338 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
