Forrest Sterling Hughes
Military
Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25115
Object Number - UPL 25598 - Forrest S. Hughes, 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag 17B and moved to work camp 48-15.
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12030272
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-790930
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35170034
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-660347
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-433371
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Liberty Lass
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 April 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
San Francisco, CA | 20 August 1910 | |
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Enlisted |
3 January 1942 | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 16 April 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Bay of Biscay | 16 April 1943 | Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Prisoner of War (POW) |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
28 August 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
27 September 2005 | ||
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Based |
Hardwick | 16 April 1943 | Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 15198 Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 104, NARA
