Donald Edison Hillman

Military
media-31133.jpeg UPL 31133 Lt Col Don Hillman 365th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 31133 - Lt Col Don Hillman 365th FG

CO 386th FS Deputy Gp CO 365th FG

146 missions 5 air kills MIA/POW Oct 7, 1944. MACR #9644

Post War: CO 94th FS (was on the cover of Life Magazine)

CO 42nd BW and 92nd BW flying B-52s.

Col USAF retired on Sep[t. 1, 1962.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Ol Jasper
  • Unit: 365th Fighter Group 388th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (365th Fighter Group)

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Fontanay-Sur-Mer
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brétigny-sur-Orge
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Chièvres Air Base

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Seattle, WA 24 August 1918

Enlisted

Seattle, WA 9 October 1940 Fort Lawton

Other

Aerial Victories

in the Chartres-Dreaux, France area 25 June 1944 2 - Bf 109

Other

Aerial Victories

near Dusseldorf, Germany 27 September 1944 1 - Bf 109 1 - FW 190

Other

Shot Down/Captured

NE of Bonn, Germany 7 October 1944

Other

Aerial Victory

near Bonn, Germany 7 October 1944 1- Bf 109

Died

Seattle, Washington 16 March 2012

Buried

Kent, Washington 19 March 2012 Tahoma National Cemetery Kent, King County, Washington, USA

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