Geraldine Hill

Military
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.' media-456728.jpg 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

Object Number - 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,...

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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Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

3rd Bomb Division

  • Unit Hierarchy: Division
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

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Geraldine Hill: Gallery (2 items)

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.'

Object number: FRE 9856 - Corporal Geraldine Hill in the plotting room of...

Object number: UPL 22697 - Sgt. Geraldine "Gerry" Hill