Burton J Hill
Military
Burton Hill on his wedding day to his wife Ilene
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Burton Hill on his wedding day to his wife Ilene
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Fans of the B-17 Flying Fortress
Burton Hill flew 34 missions between December 1944 and May 1945. He also participated in POW repatriation flights and tours for Ground crews.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Magnet, Patches
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
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I was present at the time this photo was taken (circa 2018), in the backyard of the home I grew up in near Blackfoot, ID. Burton Hill is my grandfather. At this point in time both Burton and Ilene were in their 90's and had been married for 70 years.
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Assoiciation, March 1999 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia