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HUGHES, Claude Hershel - Date of
birth
1 January 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Monroe County, Indiana -
Hometown
Monroe County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35095221 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
578th Bombardment Squadron,
392nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
19 May 1944 - Place of
death
Near Gevensleben, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| O | 21 | 3 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Clement F. Hughes (father)
Ona M. (Dunning) Hughes (mother)
Mary E. Hughes (sister)
Marshall C. Hughes (brother)
Louise B. Hughes (sister)
Clyde W. Hughes (brother)
Yadon Hughes (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-95060 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area
MACR: 4925
More information
Claude Hughes enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 4 March 1943.A returning crew eyewitness stated that the aircraft was attacked from the tail position which forced it into a spin from which it later recovered, no parachutes were seen. German ground report stated that the bodies of seven crew members were found dead in the wreckage. Others had likely jumped. In fact all ten crew members were killed.
Sgt Hughes was initially buried at the village cemetery of Gevensleben on 27 May 1944.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.B24.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census / Vigo County Library, Indiana/Michigan Army Casualties - 30 June 1944
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.B24.net, Monty McDaniel