Albert Samuel Huff

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-19227.jpeg UPL 19227 Memorial dedicated to the airmen lost on B-17 42-38123 'To Hell or Glory' 344BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

The 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.

Object Number - UPL 19227 - Memorial dedicated to the airmen lost on B-17 42-38123 'To Hell or Glory' 344BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. The memorial is at OUTER, Belgium and was the...

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

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • 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

Places

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

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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.'

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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…

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Sources

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

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