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John D Hill Jr

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Witmar on 9/28/44 in B-17 'Miss Umbriago' #4297187

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

360th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-97187

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Miss Umbriago
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of the east end of Molesworth airfield looking north, the control tower and two T2 hangars are right of the vertical runway, 5 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/889. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Molesworth

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Dallas, Texas

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:15:50

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9410, href=www.303rdBG.com>www.303rdBG.com> roster