Robert Edwin Hughes
Military
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Black Lace
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 4th Fighter Group 310th Ferry Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Contributorjmoore43
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Sources
Updated a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorAAM
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Sources
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