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Robert Eugene Hughes, 1st Lt., Navigator in the US Army Air Corps

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posted on 2024-06-05, 19:00 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

My father was interviewed by Dr Joseph Quinn in summer 2023. He was on Crew #675 (flying 32 missions with Captain Warren Sharrock) of the 466th Bomb Group, 96th Combat Wing, 2nd Air Division of the mighty 8th Air Force. Please find attached a number of his pictures, artifacts and a booklet he had made for a reunion (includes his group, all their missions, the air base and other facts).

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There are two pictures of Bob's crew. One of him in basic training in the army in 1942. A picture of Bob and his brother Dick and sister. A picture from a scrapbook of Bob and Dick Hughes (who was in the infantry in the Battle of the Bulge and had trench foot). There are two pictures of a plane that was made from scrap metal from the Attlebridge "elephant's graveyard". The booklet was compiled by Bob for a crew reunion. It includes pictures of the crew, names of crew, missions flown and a map of the Attlebridge and East Anglia area (with the 96th Bomb Wing bases).

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Robert Eugene Hughes, born Akron, Ohio, US - Feb 1, 1923. Died Plymouth, Massachusetts, US - Oct 16, 2023

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Alexia Hughes

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Robert Hughes was my Father

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Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.

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