2nd Lt., William Humphrey Hudgens, Jr., Navigator of B17 that crashed and killed all 10 men onboard on Deer Mountain, Parkertown Maine.
Bill was born in Flagstaff, as a child contracted pneumonia and was left with a heart condition. He however played sports, was an extremely popular young man at Flagstaff High School, through his teen years. He played football for four years and was captain and quarterback of the Eagles and class president his senior year (1941). He also played basketball, tennis and track and was a member of the National Honor Society. He attended Arizona State University at Temple, under a scholarship to play football. He remained at Temple for two years before leaving to enlist in the Army Air Corps, September 1942 in Phoenix. He was commissioned as an officer April 8, 1944.
Bill was born in Flagstaff, as a child contracted pneumonia and was left with a heart condition. He however played sports, was an extremely popular young man at Flagstaff High School, through his teen years. He played football for four years and was captain and quarterback of the Eagles and class president his senior year (1941). He also played basketball, tennis and track and was a member of the National Honor Society. He attended Arizona State University at Temple, under a scholarship to play football. He remained at Temple for two years before leaving to enlist in the Army Air Corps, September 1942 in Phoenix. He was commissioned as an officer April 8, 1944.
2nd Lt., William Humphrey Hudgens, Jr., Navigator of B17 that crashed and killed all 10 men onboard on Deer Mountain, Parkertown Maine.
Bill was born in Flagstaff, as a child contracted pneumonia and was left with a heart condition. He however played sports, was an extremely popular young man at Flagstaff High School, through his teen years. He played football for four years and was captain and quarterback of the Eagles and class president his senior year (1941). He also played basketball, tennis and track and was a member of the National Honor Society. He attended Arizona State University at Temple, under a scholarship to play football. He remained at Temple for two years before leaving to enlist in the Army Air Corps, September 1942 in Phoenix. He was commissioned as an officer April 8, 1944.
Bill was born in Flagstaff, as a child contracted pneumonia and was left with a heart condition. He however played sports, was an extremely popular young man at Flagstaff High School, through his teen years. He played football for four years and was captain and quarterback of the Eagles and class president his senior year (1941). He also played basketball, tennis and track and was a member of the National Honor Society. He attended Arizona State University at Temple, under a scholarship to play football. He remained at Temple for two years before leaving to enlist in the Army Air Corps, September 1942 in Phoenix. He was commissioned as an officer April 8, 1944.
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