John Robert Hill
MilitaryAssigned to 569BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew Number 46. Flew 35 x missions.
Awards: AM (3OLC), American Campaign, EAME (2BS, WWII Victory.
Mission List:
1. Paris France 2. Ludwigshafen Germany 3.Venlo Holland
4.Zeitz Germany 5. Pacy France 6. Ruhland Germany
7. Spandau, Berlin Germany 8. Bremen Germany 9. Stuttgart Germany
10. Nurnberg Germany 11. Ruhland Germany 12. Magdeburg Germany
13. Stuttgart Germany 14. Warsaw Poland 15. Szolnok Hungary
16. Unknown 17. Ludwigshafen Germany 18 Bremen Germany
19. Mainz Germany 20 Kassel Germany 21 Munster German
22. Leipzig Germany 23 Munster Germany 24. Hamburg Germany.
25. Hamm Germany 26. Wiesbaden Germany 27 Giessen Germany
28 Hamm Germany 29 Zellhausen Germany 30 Trier Area France
31. Fulda Germany 32 Frankfurt Germany 33. Kaiserslautern Germany
34. Fulda Germany 35. Dusseldorf Germany
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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
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Rapid City, South Dakota | 3 July 1924 | Born Rapid City, South Dakota |
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Died |
23 January 1974 | ||
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Buried |
Mountain View Cemetery Rapid City, South Dakota | 26 January 1974 | Interred Mountain View Cemetery Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Hill%2C+John+R