Robert Edwin Hughes

Military
media-46192.jpeg UPL 46192 Lt Robert E Hughes, 336FS, 4FG

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Object Number - UPL 46192 - Lt Robert E Hughes, 336FS, 4FG

Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down in P-51B 43-6866 by a Bf109 G-6 fighter piloted by Uffz. Gunter Will of Stab/JG11 near Celle, Germany. 8-Apr-44. 1st Lt Hughes baled out POW. MACR 3608.



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

Aircraft

Lieutenant Charles H. Shilke of the 336th Fighter Squadron, of the 4th Fighter Group, beside a P-51 Mustang named "Black Lace", at Debden air base, 1944-1945.

43-6768

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Black Lace
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron

43-6840

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 4th Fighter Group 310th Ferry Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron

43-6866

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

NIxon, TX 18 October 1915 Son of Rosa Hughes.

Other

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 2 September 1943 - 8 April 1944 Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 1 December 1943 Promoted 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 8 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Shot down

Celle, Germany 8 April 1944 Shot down by a Bf109 G-6 fighter piloted by Uffz. Gunter Will of Stab/JG11 near Celle, Germany. 8-Apr-44. Pilot 1st Lt Robert E "Eddie" Hughes baled out POW. MACR 3608.

Died

Dallas, TX, USA 23 March 1986

Buried

Grove Hill Memorial Park Dallas, Dallas County, TX 26 March 1986 Grove Hill Memorial Park Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Houston, TX, USA

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/625604660
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216862076/robert-e-hughes

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Contributorjmoore43
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Updated a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=6866

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3608 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Robert Edwin Hughes: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 46192 - Lt Robert E Hughes, 336FS, 4FG

Object number: UPL 56464 - Posed photos of pilots Bernhard, Andrews Hughes...