Hugo P. Rush

Hugo P. Rush was the CO of the 47th Bomb Wing.

He went overseas in July 1942 to become commander of the 98th Bomb Group. The following month he led the group in combat operations from Palestine in support of the British Eighth Army, then deadlocked with Rommel's Afrika Corps at El Alemain, after which he commanded in the successful Desert Campaign and movement forward to Bengasi.

Rush returned to the United States in 1943 to become commander of the 15th Wing and chief of staff of the Second Bomber Command, both at Gowen Field, Idaho.

In February 1944 he was reassigned to the Mediterranean as commander of the 47th Bombardment Wing of the 15th Air Force, which operated from Italy against targets in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Southern France and Northern Italy. He personally participated in 32 combat missions.

- USAF Fact Sheet Biography

Missions Flown

Upon his return to the Mediterranean, he flew on 4 missions with the 376 as an observer.

Missions as observer

#   Date            A/C serial  nickname                     Target                            Pilot  
1 3/29/1944   42-40317 Barrel House Bessie   Bolzano Italy              81  Herbert Brown
2 6/  9/1944   42-109844        ----                 Munich Germany       78  John Shepard
3 8/29/1944        ?               Little Jot                Borovnica Yugoslavia 52  Henry Miller
4 8/30/1944   42-51635          ----                 Cuprija Yugoslavia     71  Peter Arth

376 ARCHIVES

The website 376bg.org is NOT our site nor is it our endowment fund.

At the 2017 reunion, the board approved the donation of our archives to the Briscoe Center for American History, located on the University of Texas - Austin campus.

Also, the board approved a $5,000 donation to add to Ed Clendenin's $20,000 donation in the memory of his father. Together, these funds begin an endowment for the preservation of the 376 archives.

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My Trip to San Pancrazio

October 2019


Reunion

NOTE change in month !!!

DATES: Oct 26-29, 2023

CITY:Tucson, AZ

HOTEL: Double Tree Suites Airport hotel

7051 South Tucson Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85756

520-225-0800


Click here to read about the reunion details.

previous reunions


For Sale

The Other Doolittle Raid


The Broken Wings of Zlatibor


The Liberandos


Three Crawford Brothers


Liberando: Reflections of a Reluctant Warrior


376th Bomb Group Mission History


The Last Liberator


Full Circle


Shadows of Wings


Ten Men, A "Flying Boxcar," and A War


I Survived Ploesti


A Measure of Life


Shot Down In Yugoslavia


Stories of My Life


Attack


Born in Battle


Bombardier's Diary


Lost Airmen


Langdon Liberando