Albert Samuel Huff
Military ROLL OF HONOURThe memorial is at OUTER, Belgium and was the project of the Patriotic Association of Haaltert in cooperation with the municipality of the city of NINOVE, Belgium and erected with support from the crew members Dick ENNIS, Henry SCHULTZ and Rick and Marion MANGAN and family.
Additional information about the memorial was sent through by researcher Dirk VIJVERMAN.
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Flight Eng/Top Turret B-17 42-38123 'To Hell Or Glory' Killed in Action (KIA). A/C suffered mechanical failure and crashed at Outer, Belgium. MACR 5915
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19034227 / O-755722
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: To Hell or Glory
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Louisville, Kentucky, USA | 16 April 1922 | |
Enlisted |
10 October 1942 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
Died |
Outer, 9406 Ninove, Belgium | 23 June 1944 | A/C suffered mechanical failure and crashed at Outer, Belgium. KIA. |
Buried |
Aalst, Belgium | 24 June 1944 | Interred Aalst cemetery, Belgium |
Buried Killed in Action (KIA) |
Kentucky, USA | 23 June 1944 | Re-Interred Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA. |
Based |
Horham | 23 June 1944 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Rick Mangan: 'I am the nephew of Daniel J. Mangan. Having interviewed four of Albert Huff's crew mates I can assure you that his nickname was Sam. His middle name being Samuel.'
Corrected place where B-17 42-38123 crashed from Maubeuge, France to Outer, Belgium.
Source: Dirk VIJVERMAN and http://www.luchtvaarterfgoed.be/content/monument-bemanning-b-17g-42-381…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5915 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database