John F Hobgood

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-26517.jpeg UPL 26517 Lt J A Newton and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 42-102411 'Miss Lace', England. 19 July 1944.
Rear L-R: S/Sgt John F Hobgood, S/Sgt Jim S Reeves, S/Sgt Albert W Bricker, T/Sgt James A O'Leary, T/Sgt Leonard A. Turner.

Front L-R: 2Lt William F Drew, 2Lt Frank G Mowatt, 1Lt John A Newton, 1Lt George L Lange Jr.

NARA Ref 342-FH-3A10268-61751AC.

https://www.fold3.com/image/32145071/?terms=42-102411

Object Number - UPL 26517 - Lt J A Newton and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 42-102411 'Miss Lace', England. 19 July 1944. Rear L-R: S/Sgt...

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed at Ludwigshafen in B-17 43-38323. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8597.

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

People

John Andrew Newton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17098986 / O-758372
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot

Aircraft

42-102411

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Lace

43-38323

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

Missions

614

  • Date: 9 September 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lubbock County, TX, USA 6 October 1920

Enlisted

Lubbock County, TX, USA 16 September 1942

Died

Ludwigshafen, Germany 9 September 1944 Crashed at Ludwigshafen in B-17 43-38323. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8597
Texas, USA

Buried

Killed in Action (KIA)

Lubbock, TX, USA City of Lubbock Cemetery Lubbock Lubbock County Texas USA

Based

Molesworth 9 September 1944 Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date27 Feb 2017 22:13:35
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/page/84806656_john_f%20hobgood/details/
https://www.fold3.com/image/310952991/?terms=John%20F%20Hobgood
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8273839

Date27 Sep 2014 18:16:00
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8597 / MACR 8597, href=www.303rdBG.com>www.303rdBG.com> roster / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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