Alfred B Hills
Military
Object Number - UPL 71369 - Alfred B Hills
Assigned to 366BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Saarbrucken in B-17 42-31611 11-May-44; Shot down by flak crashed Hagondange, France. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4870
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15097184 / O-738153
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Newark, NJ, USA | 25 June 1922 | Son of Herbert A and Grace Hills. |
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Enlisted |
2 May 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts | |
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Other Bailed out - POW |
Hagondange, France | 11 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Saarbrucken in B-17 42-31611 11-May-44; Shot down by flak crashed Hagondange, France. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4870 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 11 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Scarborough, ME, USA | 16 August 2015 | |
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Buried |
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco, ME | 20 August 2015 | Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco, York County, Maine |
| Bayside, New York, USA | |||
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Chelveston | 11 May 1944 | Assigned to 366BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Added a location for the "Burial" event.
Obituary for Alfred B Hill: http://www.mvtimes.com/2015/08/31/alfred-b-hills/
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4870 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
