John J Hill

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA). His aircraft collided with 44-38859, and he bailed out too low, with insufficient time for his parachute to open fully.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-8687

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

26 April 1945

Revisions

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Additional details from:
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-incident-logs

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486th roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia