| Hometown: Durham
Home state: N.C. Class: 1942 Degree: Not applicable Date of Birth: June 2, 1920 Date of Death: March 18, 1944 Conflict/Era: World War II Branch: Army Air Corps Rank: Lieutenant |
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Hughes entered the University from Boys’ High School in Atlanta, Ga., in 1938 and entered the U.S. Army Air Corps during his senior year in 1942. He trained as a navigator and received his commission in September 1943. He went overseas in February 1944. Hughes was navigator aboard a bomber that failed to return from a mission on March 18, 1944. He was listed as missing and later was presumed to have died in action on that date. Source: |
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