Conrad J Hilbinger

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 13 January 1943 in B-17 41-24601 while serving as Pilot. Aircraft sustained a direct hit from flak over the target at Lille, France and then crashed near lo, Belgium Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

305th Bomb Group

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

365th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24601

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Ohio
Buried			Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot G, Row 29, Grave 20
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	9920 Lo, Belgium	13 January 1943	Killed when aircraft was hit by flak over the target of Lille, France and crashed near Lo, Belgium

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Ohio

Buried

Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot G, Row 29, Grave 20

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

9920 Lo, Belgium

13 January 1943

Killed when aircraft was hit by flak over the target of Lille, France and crashed near Lo, Belgium

Revisions

Date6 Feb 2015 18:14:32

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 6-Feb-2015. Added decorations and Burial location per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Corrected SN and KIA detail per MACR 15639; Edited Biography with crew position and loss details per "Losses of the 8th 7 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:37

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15639 / MACR 15639, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey Vol. 1 p. 63, WWII Memorial web site l Command / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database