Charles C Hillis III

Military

Went down over Belgium on 12 July 1944. Evaded until captured on 17 August 1944. Escaped from train on way to Germany on 17 September 1944. Returned to the US in October 1944.



AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Born

Oakland, California 22 September 1922

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, MACR 6930 & Page 277of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458