Edward D Hughey Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Osnabruck in B-24 41-28609 Shot down 22-Dec-43, A/C exploded in mid air. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2422
Awards: AM, PH.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33252697
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19164878
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38333496
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11063023 / O-670285
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Navasota, TX | 16 December 1919 | Son of Edward D Sr and Pearl S [Glass] Hughey. |
Enlisted |
Houston, TX | 10 April 1942 | Houston, Texas |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Off Frisian Islands | 22 December 1943 | Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 41-28609. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2422 |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Magraten, Netherlands | ||
Buried |
Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, Grimes County, TX | Memorialised Oakland Cemetery Navasota, Grimes County, Texas | |
Based |
Seething | 22 December 1943 | Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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MACR 15161 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database