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"T/Sgt E W Hughes of the 493rd Bomb Group 8th AF, wearing the Distinguished Flying Cross. 19-Oct-44 England."
Assigned to 860BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 Battle stars).
Group
The 493rd Bomb Group was the last Eighth Air Force Group to become operational, flying their first combat mission from Debach, Suffolk, on D-Day, 6 June 1944. The Group was known as "the Fighting 493rd", named by their Commanding Officer Colonel Elbert...
Squadron
Military site : airfield
Debach was one of the last Eighth Air Force heavy bomber bases to be completed. It was built by the 820th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) between late '43 and early '44. Pronounced locally as 'Deb-idge', the base was built to a class A standard with...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Dallas County, TX, USA | 13 January 1914 |
| Enlisted | San Antonio, TX 78234, USA | 18 December 1942 |
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Fort Sam Houston, |
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| Based | Debach | 1944 – November 1944 |
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Assigned to 860BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Lima, OH, USA | 31 August 1993 |
| Buried | 3000 Harding Hwy, Lima, OH 45804, USA | September 1993 |
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Memorial Park Cemetery and Mausoleum |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 March 2018 19:07:30 | Al_Skiff | Changes to highest rank, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/page/83181446-everett-w-hughes/facts |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:09:30 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php |
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