Richard Bland Hughes Jr
Military
UPL 69049
UPL 69049
384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 28 May 1944/Dessau aircraft plant.
Back Row: Billy Rooker (OBS/TG), Robert Monfort (N), Russell Potts (N), Robert Thacker (AC/CP), Phillip Bennett (P), Raymond Austin (B)
Front Row: Harland House (RO), unidentified 1, unidentified 2, unidentified 3.
To Be Identified: William Whitley (TT), Richard Hughes (BT), Otto Smith (FG)
547th Bomb Squadron
384th Bomb Group
376
42-97072
Grafton Underwood
Billy Roy Rooker
Robert H Monfort
Russell M Potts
Robert Eli Thacker
Phillip Nathan Bennett
Raymond L Austin
Harland Francis House
William M Whitley
Richard Bland Hughes
Otto Smith
On
Back Row: Billy Rooker (OBS/TG), Robert Monfort (N), Russell Potts (N), Robert Thacker (AC/CP), Phillip Bennett (P), Raymond Austin (B)
Front Row: Harland House (RO), unidentified 1, unidentified 2, unidentified 3.
To Be Identified: William Whitley (TT), Richard Hughes (BT), Otto Smith (FG)
Assigned to 457BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Phillip Bennett crew. 25 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-803757
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hale's Angels
- Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wabbit Twacks : Homesick Sal
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lilly Belle
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron 398th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
16 August 1923 | Son of Richard Bland Hughes Sr. | |
Enlisted |
20 January 1943 | Jefferson Barracks, Missouri | |
Died |
21 December 2001 | ||
Buried |
24 December 2001 | Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky | |
Based |
Assigned to 457BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…