Henry Clarence Hudson Jr

Military

Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-806281
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Crosby, TX 10 November 1923 Son of Henry Clarence and Pearl Dora [Johnson] Hudson.

Enlisted

Houston, TX 4 September 1942

Other

Baled out POW

West of Wiener Neustadt 26 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 26 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

Leesville, Vernon Parish, LA 9 October 2011

Buried

Rosewood Funeral Home and Cemetery, Porter, TX 14 October 2011 Rosewood Funeral Home and Cemetery Porter, Montgomery County, TX

Based

Lucera 26 July 1944 Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF.