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Personal info

Full name
HUDSON, Kneeland Hughes
Date of birth
15 November 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio
Hometown
Lawrence County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15337139
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
367th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1944
Place of death
Vlessendijk, near the farm of Mr. Kremer
Nieuw Heeten, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 7 19

Immediate family

Members
Ronald H. Hudson (father)
Hannah M. (Norton) Hudson (mother)
Josephine Hudson (sister)
Ronald Hudson (brother)
Benjamin Hudson (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31236
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Arch Bishop
Mission: Halberstadt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Junkers aviation industry
MACR: 1933

More information

S/Sgt Kneeland H. Hudson graduated from Ironton High School in 1938.

The plane #42-31538 collided with plane #42-31236 after being attacked by a FW 190 of II/JG26.

All crew members of both airplanes, twenty men in total, were killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, http://www.teunispats.nl/fr-wwii.htm, Teunis Schuurman, Ironton High School 1938