Geraldine Hill
Military
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FRE 9856
Corporal Geraldine Hill in the plotting room of the 3rd Bomb Division. Printed caption on reverse: '30304 AC0 Cpl Geraldine Hill of Abilene, Texas, attached to the 3rd Bomb Division in England, received reports on aircraft positions in the plotting room. 24 February 1944. US Air Force photo.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Geraldine Hill, or Gerry as she was called, achieved the rank of Sergeant in the Women's Army Corps as an enlisted woman pioneer who was stationed in England during World War II. She plotted the courses of Allied planes in flight over England and worked in the flight control section of the Eighth Army Air Force Division headquarters.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation