Noah T. Hughes Photo: AS 25 MAY 2015 Updated: 18 JUN 2015 Airman: e556003.htm Surname: Hughes Init: N T Rank: 1stLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 335 P_link: p184.htm Plane: B17 4230118 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Kiel Bugt (Bay) Crash_d: d130643 Buried_d: e556a C_link: e556a.htm At_Next: Ardennes, BELGIUM
"Under et bombetogt til Kiel (her)
den 13. juni 1943 blev amerikanske bombere angrebet af tyske jagere over
Østersøen, hvor en del blev skudt ned.
Fra Langeland (her)
så man ved 1st Lieutenant Noah T. Hughes var
Navigator.
Begravet på
Ardennes American
Cemetery Fra B17 42-30118
blev 1 flyver begravet i Magleby, Langeland, mens 3 er begravet i USA,
American bombers on a bombing raid to
Kiel
(here)
on 13 June 1943 were attacked by German fighters over the Baltic Sea, where a
number were shot down.
About 10 a.m. 3 bombers and 3 German fighters were seen from Langeland (here)
crashing into the sea. 5 or 6 opened parachutes were seen.
T/Sgt Louis L. Julliard and 2nd Lt
Glenn W. McMurty from
B17 42-29702, 1st Lieutenant Noah T. Hughes was the
Navigator. Buried at
Ardennes American
Cemetery Plot D Row 1 Grave 55.
He entered the Service from
Oklahoma. 1 airman from B17 42-30118
was buried in Magleby, Langeland, while 3 rest in the USA, 1
in Belgium, 1 in Holland, and 4 have no known grave. |