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Personal info

Full name
HUGHES, Noah Todd
Date of birth
22 September 1919
Age
23
Place of birth
Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
O-664890
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
335th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
13 June 1943
Place of death
Kiel Bay, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 1 55

Immediate family

Members
Noah T. Hughes (father)
Sally B. Hughes (mother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30118
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing U-Boat Yards
MACR: 4738

More information

1st Lt Noah T. Hughes graduated from Ardmore High School and from Oklahoma A&M College in 1941.

He enlisted on 17 June 1941 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

After having left the target, Kiel, Germany, flightnumber 42-30118 crashed into the Kiel Bay (Baltic Sea) with the loss of all onboard. It is unclear if this was due to flak or enemy fighters. It is also believed that the aircraft of 1st Lt Noah T. Hughes collided in midair with "colleague", flightnumber 42-29763.

Source of information: Cor van den Burg, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census, U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, http://www.usaafdata.com/ - USAAF Personnel Records, www.fold3.com - MACR, http://www.flensted.eu.com/1945037.shtml, http://www.8thafhs.com, http://www.andreaszapf.de/blog-chronicles-media/USAAF-Mission-63-Bremen-and-Kiel.pdf, Beachhttp://www.airmen.dk/p184.htm, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: Jac Engels, Storiesbehindthestars.org, Oklahoma A&M College, 1941