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Personal info

Full name
HUTCHENS, Marion Akers
Date of birth
25 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Virginia
Hometown
Guilford County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-563375
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
565th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Bovigny, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 16 22

Immediate family

Members
Banner D. Hutchens (father)
Mary F. (Carns) Hutchens (mother)
Jessie Hutchens (brother)
Marvin Hutchens (brother)
Murphy Hutchens (brother)
Lacona Hutchens (sister)
Annie L. Hutchens (sister)
Mary Hutchens (sister)
Maurine Hutchens (sister)
Dennis Hutchens (brother)
Wesley Hutchens (brother)
Charles Hutchens (brother)
Violet (Glenn) Hutchens (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-95028
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: The Daddy Rabbit
Destination: Wahlen, Germany
MACR: 11114

More information

2nd Lt Marion A. Hutchens was employed in the advertising department of the High Point Enterprise. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

"We saw aircraft 42-95028 go into a flat spin with the 1 engine out. The aircraft was under control, but it dropped back of the formation. One chute opened at this time. The plane continued to fall and the Navigator of our aircraft saw 4 chutes."
5 crew members were killed in the crash and 4 were taken prisoner.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Michel Beckers, Laura Phillips, www.389thbg.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census, www.archives.gov, Greensboro Daily News, N.C. - 24 July 1945

Photo source: Fam. Fabrie, Greensboro Daily News, N.C. - 24 July 1945