Robert A Hughes
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
Entire crew died when their plane crashed in fog during takeoff on 19 December 1944 in an attempt to deliver air support to ground forces in Belgium during Battle of the Bulge. KIS.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Beaver's Baby
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Greenwood, MS, USA | 7 November 1921 | |
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Died |
Hardwick, Norfolk, UK | 19 December 1944 | B24 42-50597 crashed in fog during takeoff |
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Buried |
Greenwood, MS, USA | IOOF (Odd Fellows) Cemetery Greenwood Leflore County Mississippi, USA Plot: East annex;81;1; West 1/2 |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 93rd Bomb Group roster
Find A Grave Memorial# 129463538
http://eastangliamemorials.blogspot.co.uk/
Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
