Ernest Henry Hugonnet Jr

Military
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At the top of the list, Nielsen and Adams are RAF airmen, all the others being from the USAAF.
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Object Number - UPL 44453 - From an article by Maryse McKeon (née de la Marniere) on pages 15-17 in the Summer 2001 issue of the AFEES (Air Forces Escape & Evasion Society) at...

Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200. Evaded (EVD).

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Raymond John Born

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802102
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Harold J Erickson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-000170
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Harold Otis Gilley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36610483
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Marion Augusta Hall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13135631
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Norman Rock King

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685645
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

42-30200

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Slo-Time Sally
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

10 December 1918

Enlisted

10 February 1941 New York City, New York

Other

Evaded capture (EVD)

5 January 1944 - 27 February 1944 after bailing out of B17 #42-30200. Helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance, he left Plouha, France on a British Motor Gun Boat and arrived at Portsmouth, UK on 27 February 1944.

Died

9 May 1999
New York City, New York

Buried

Ernest Hugonnet rests at Arlington

Revisions

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Associated Media

Date
ContributorED-BB
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MACR 1892
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 425 (NARA)
VA Gravesite Locator

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1892

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Object number: UPL 44453 - From an article by Maryse McKeon (née de la...