Logan Williams Hughes
Rank: 1st Lieutenant
Branch: Army Air Corps
UT Major/Affiliation: Engineering - 1934-1939
Hometown: Memphis, TN
- Nov. 28, 1915 – July 19, 1943
- Born in Memphis, TN
- Engineering – 1934-1939
- 1st Lt. – Army Air Corps
- Died when his B-25 crashed just north of Columbia Army Air Base in South Carolina, where he was an instructor.
- Buried at Arlington Cemetery in Shelby County, Tennessee.
Logan Williams Hughes (Nov. 28, 1915 – July 19, 1943) was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended the University of Tennessee from 1934 to 1939 for Engineering. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps at the start of the war and was commissioned at a 1st Lieutenant. 1st Lt. Hughes was selected to be an instructor on B-25 bombers and trained recruits at Columbia Army Air Base in South Carolina. He was killed during a training exercise when his plane was struck by another while instructing about formation flying and crashed just north of the base. He is buried at Arlington Cemetery in Shelby County, Tennessee.
