Hubert Samuel Huntington (1904-08-17 – 1980-10-25) was my matrimaternal great-uncle, the eldest child of Robert Huntington and Martha Martin. Born in Medford, Massachusetts, he died in La Jolla, California aged 76. He married but had no children.
He was presumably named after his paternal uncle Hubert Frederick Huntington.
His WW2 registration in 1942 describes him as light complexion, brown hair, brown eyes, 5’8½”, and 185 lbs.ref
Career
Hubert was a pilot and navigator of small planes, and also taught aviation.ref He worked internationally.
In 1944, he was awarded the Netherlands Flying Cross, along with two other American pilots, for flying the commanding officer of the Dutch East Indies Air Force safely to Java after the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.ref The officer in question, Ludolph Hendrik van Oyen, had been at Pearl Harbor on Air Force business and witnessed the attack.ref
Marriage
Hubert married Polish-born Bronisława Polakowski (1906-12-08 – 1998-06-04), who Anglicized her name as Bernice Page, on 1940-03-23 in New York City. She was the widow of Rudolph Dragonetti (1906-08-29 – 1929-07-04), who died barely six months into their marriage.
Hubert and Bernice never had children, reportedly because she did not want any.