Hugh served as a Second Lieutenant & Navigator on B-17F #42-5886, 548th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Queens County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a Aviation Cadet on January 15, 1942 at Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
Hugh was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was attacked by enemy aircraft and crash landed a mile from Woensdrecht Air Field, on the Holland & Belgium border during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Holland and was later repatriated here on February 3, 1949.
Service # O-801028
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5886:
Brown, Herbert W ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New Hampshire
Crabtree, Parker F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Maine
McClatchey, Hugh T ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Schreppel, Joe ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Kansas
Sommers, Paul A ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, New Jersey
Wieneke, Olin L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Illinois
The rest of the crew survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Queens County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a Aviation Cadet on January 15, 1942 at Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
Hugh was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was attacked by enemy aircraft and crash landed a mile from Woensdrecht Air Field, on the Holland & Belgium border during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Holland and was later repatriated here on February 3, 1949.
Service # O-801028
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5886:
Brown, Herbert W ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New Hampshire
Crabtree, Parker F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Maine
McClatchey, Hugh T ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Schreppel, Joe ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Kansas
Sommers, Paul A ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, New Jersey
Wieneke, Olin L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Illinois
The rest of the crew survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hugh served as a Second Lieutenant & Navigator on B-17F #42-5886, 548th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Queens County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a Aviation Cadet on January 15, 1942 at Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
Hugh was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was attacked by enemy aircraft and crash landed a mile from Woensdrecht Air Field, on the Holland & Belgium border during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Holland and was later repatriated here on February 3, 1949.
Service # O-801028
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5886:
Brown, Herbert W ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New Hampshire
Crabtree, Parker F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Maine
McClatchey, Hugh T ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Schreppel, Joe ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Kansas
Sommers, Paul A ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, New Jersey
Wieneke, Olin L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Illinois
The rest of the crew survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Queens County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a Aviation Cadet on January 15, 1942 at Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
Hugh was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was attacked by enemy aircraft and crash landed a mile from Woensdrecht Air Field, on the Holland & Belgium border during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Holland and was later repatriated here on February 3, 1949.
Service # O-801028
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5886:
Brown, Herbert W ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New Hampshire
Crabtree, Parker F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Maine
McClatchey, Hugh T ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Schreppel, Joe ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Kansas
Sommers, Paul A ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, New Jersey
Wieneke, Olin L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Illinois
The rest of the crew survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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HUGH T
McCLATCHEY
New York
2d Lt
548 AAF Bomb Sq
World War II
July 11 1918
August 17 1948
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