Hushbeck, Elgin Lewis

Individual Personnel Data
Name Hushbeck, Elgin Lewis, "Red"
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Rank Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number O-719950
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 3 December 1944, effective 2 December 1944.
  • Transferred to the Casual Pool, 70th Reinforcement Depot, APO 594, per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 26 May 1945, effective 26 May 1945.
Duty Navigator
MOS1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date 26 May 1945
Results Transferred
Additional Information
  • Graduated from Army Air Force Navigator School at Hondo Army Airfield, Texas and appointed Second Lieutenant (AUS) effective 8 April 1944.
  • Assigned from the 482nd Bomb Group.
  • Appointed First Lieutenant (AUS) effective 7 March 1945 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 11 March 1945.
  • MOS changed from MOS 1038 to MOS 1042 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 9 May 1945.
Related Documents Elgin Lewis Hushbeck⇓ (filesize unknown)



Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 24 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
245⇗ 28 December 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brühl, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8221⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
250⇗ 3 January 1945 Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: St Vith, Belgium 		Navigator 42‑97592⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Low Squadron released bombs when the group lead released.
Sortie Report⇗
251⇗ 5 January 1945 Target: Landing Ground
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8216⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
253⇗ 8 January 1945 Target: Railroad
Type: Transportation
Location: Kyllburg, Germany 		Navigator 42‑97986⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
254⇗ 10 January 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bonn, Germany 		Navigator 42‑97986⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Left his position and assumed lead at IP and led group on a PFF bomb run on secondary target (primary was obscured with clouds). The (secondary) target was picked up visually half-way down the bomb run but prior to release it was found that the bomb racks were frozen. He circled around and completed a second run with successful bomb release.
Sortie Report⇗
264⇗ 3 February 1945 Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Radar Navigator 43‑38016⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
267⇗ 15 February 1945 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen, Germany 		Radar Navigator 44‑8007⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead. PFF and Gee-H ship. Only aircraft to land at Grafton Underwood after the mission.
Sortie Report⇗
268⇗ 19 February 1945 Target: Coking Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Radar Navigator 44‑8580⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
270⇗ 21 February 1945 Target: Tank Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany 		Mickey (Radar) Navigator 44‑8580⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Wing lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
273⇗ 24 February 1945 Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard
Type: Shipyards
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Radar Navigator 44‑8665⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
274⇗ 25 February 1945 Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8008⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
276⇗ 27 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany 		Mickey (Radar) Navigator 44‑8008⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
279⇗ 2 March 1945 Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G.
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Rositz, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8580⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
286⇗ 11 March 1945 Target: Vacuum Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8649⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
287⇗ 12 March 1945 Target: Railway Center
Type: Transportation
Location: Betzdorf, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8649⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
292⇗ 19 March 1945 Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8541⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41C Group, Group Lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
295⇗ 23 March 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gladbeck, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8541⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
296⇗ 24 March 1945 Target: Vechta Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Vechta, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8541⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
300⇗ 30 March 1945 Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG)
Submarine and Warship Yard
Machine Shop
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8649⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
303⇗ 4 April 1945 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Fassberg, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8649⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
309⇗ 11 April 1945 Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Freiham, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8649⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8541. Group lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
311⇗ 15 April 1945 Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac
Type: Military
Location: Royan, France 		Navigator 44‑8221⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
313⇗ 17 April 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8789⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
316⇗ 25 April 1945 Target: Skoda Armament Works
Type: Industry
Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia 		Navigator 44‑8789⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group Lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗

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