Glenn Utah Hill
Military
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.
Object Number - UPL 31509 - Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Glenn U Hill, Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group
He was drafted in December 1943, trained as a gunner and joined the Group at Attlebridge where he flew on 35 combat missions; the last being on 5th April 1945. He returned to the USA a month later on a Liberty ship which had been converted into a hospital ship for returning POWs 'They were thin...just like animals, many got seasick - felt sorry for the poor devils'.
He afterwards returned to work for Louden Machinery, was a Life Member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the 8thAF Historical society.
Air Medal with 4 clusters
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: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-823910
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Piot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Missouri, USA | 9 February 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Herrold, IA 50109, USA | 19 November 1943 | Camp Dodge |
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Died |
Fairfield, IA | 25 September 2018 | |
| Jefferson County, IA, USA |
Revisions
aircraft connections from "Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 347
