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Mark E Hubbard

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CO 59th FS flying P-40Fs North Africa 4 kills
CO 20th FG flying P-38Js for 2 weeks scored 2.5 kills
Shot down by flak P-38J s/n 42-67708 on 18 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft I.

Service

People

  • William Nicholson

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 392nd Bomb Group
    Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-24 #427543 'Georgia Belle. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW

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Units served with

  • 20th Fighter Group

    20th Fighter Group

    Group
    In August 1943, the 20th Fighter Group arrived in Clyde, Scotland, before travelling to Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, which was to be their base for the rest of the war. The Group flew 312 missions before their last mission on 25 April 1945. The...

  • Headquarters (20th Fighter Group)

    Headquarters (20th Fighter Group)

    Headquarters

Aircraft

Associated Place

  • Kings Cliffe

    Military site : airfield
    Kings Cliffe began as a satellite air base for the Group based at nearby Wittering. The 56th Fighter Group, however, were all based at Kings Cliffe and it was here that the pilots trained in P-47 Thunderbolts and flew their first missions in the...

  • Stalag Luft I

    Other location

Events

Event Location Date
Prisoner of War 18 March 1944
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
O-393137
Highest rank
Colonel
Role/job
Fighter Pilot 1056 twin engine group commander
Awards
  • Air Force Longevity Service Award with 4 oak leaf clusters
  • Air Medal with 11 oak leaf clusters (2 silver, 1 bronze)
  • American Campaign Medal
  • American Defense Medal
  • Armed Forces Reserve Medal
  • Bronze Star
  • Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 oak leaf clusters
  • Legion of Merit
  • Prisoner of War Medal
  • Purple Heart
  • Silver Star
  • World War II Victory Medal
  • Croix de Guerre (French)
  • European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 bronze stars

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
10 March 2022 00:11:48 fugari Changes to role and media associations
Sources

JCook Photo Collection & Archives
Date Contributor Update
11 February 2022 21:17:58 jmoore43 Changes to role
Sources

Removed extra info in the "Role/job" field.
Date Contributor Update
12 December 2018 14:12:26 general ira snapsorter Changes to events and unit associations
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 3097 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Date Contributor Update
05 December 2016 00:33:21 fugari Changes to service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations
Sources

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Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:19:39 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3097, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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