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2LT Hugh V Costello

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2LT Hugh V Costello Veteran

Birth
Death
1 Jan 1944 (aged 23–24)
Waycross, Ware County, Georgia, USA
Burial
North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
Plot
12-D-A-83
Memorial ID
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Second Lieutenant Costello was killed piloting
U.S. Army Air Corps P-39Q Airacobra
#42-20873 in a stall/spin/loss of control
crash, 1.5 miles northeast of the Waycross
Bombing Range, Georgia.

85 FIGHTER-BOMBER GROUP, 499 FIGHTER
-BOMBER SQUADRON, WAYCROSS A.A.F.
Second Lieutenant Costello was killed piloting
U.S. Army Air Corps P-39Q Airacobra
#42-20873 in a stall/spin/loss of control
crash, 1.5 miles northeast of the Waycross
Bombing Range, Georgia.

85 FIGHTER-BOMBER GROUP, 499 FIGHTER
-BOMBER SQUADRON, WAYCROSS A.A.F.

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from New Jersey; _ ASN O-694125


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  • Created by: Tim Cook
  • Added: Dec 25, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122140691/hugh_v-costello: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT Hugh V Costello (1920–1 Jan 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 122140691, citing Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum, North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).