Dell Panting HUDSON

 

hudson dell panting

Source :  Jean-Marc Simon
 
NUMBER OF SERVICEO-748657
AGE28 yo
DATE OF BIRTH13 Novembre 1915
ENLISTMENT STATE CALIFORNIA
FAMILY

Divorced

Son : Don

Parents : Parley R & Francis Panting HUDSON

RANKFirst Lieutenant
FONCTIONPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 16 october 1940 
 SQUADRON382nd Fighter Squadron
 GROUP363rd Fighter Group
ARMY9th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH13 August 1944

hudson dell panting

Source : Mike Capistran

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHMoissy - Municipality of Chambois - 10 km from Argentan
DATA PLAN

P-51 Mustang - type D-5 - s/n 44-13554

P 51

Macr : 8509
Mission : Patrouille Le Mans (72) et Chartres (28)
Décollage site A-15 Cherbourg-Maupertus (50)
Collision avec P-51 43-6964 2Lt Chester H. Rice à 11h00

 
CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James (Montjoie St Martin)

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
Wall of the Missing
DECORATION

Air Medal & 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilote

 

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Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

 

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STORY
 

hudson dell panting

Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Source : Hope 

Dell was a member of the Army Air Corp 382nd Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter Group.

His service began on August 13, 1941, and he was sent overseas in March 1944.

After training on a P-39, he later flew a P-51.

On August 13, a flight of eight planes from the group dispersed a formation of twenty-five German dive bombers, earning eight victories.

Lieutenant HUDSON died in the crash of his plane on August 13, 1944 above the Chambois pocket. His body has never been found.

The drama was tied in the last days of the Battle of Normandy, perhaps the most terrible, when the allies tried to reduce the pocket of Chambois.

On August 13, 1944, two US Air Force fighter planes piloted by Second Lt Chester H RICE and First Lt Dell P HUDSON flew over the area to track the encircled German columns.

 

After the strafing, one of the two fighters turns around.

Undoubtedly blinded by the sun, the pilot did not see the other aircraft arriving in front.


Collision is inevitable.

The two pilots gave up their lives there.

Second Lieutenant Chester Hugh RICE is buried in Frederick Memorial Cemetery in Tillman County, OKLAHOMA.

hudson dell panting

Stele in memory of two USAAF pilots whose planes collided near the Gué de Moissy
2nd Lt Chester H. Rice & 1st Lt Dell P. Hudson
Source : Philippe Bauduin

rice chester hugh

Chester Hugh RICE

Source : Jim Rice (Findagrave.com)


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