Albert J Hillier

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Object Number - UPL 24500 - Albert James Hillier

POW Crashed on 10/18/44 in B-17 #4337608. Downed by flak and crashed on a road between Vaalvijk and Cappelle, Holland.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Edwin A Rabadue

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The wreckage of a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37608) of the 96th Bomb Group that crash landed in Holland. Handwritten caption on reverse: '43-37608. RNAF.'

43-37608

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chute the Works
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

New York, NY, USA 12 May 1942

Other

POW

Tychowo, Poland 18 October 1944 Stalag Luft IV

Born

Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Other

Shot down/Captured

5161 Sprang-Capelle, Netherlands 18 October 1944 Shot down by flak.

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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=257914
http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=75543

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10260 / MACR 10260; Snetterton Falcons, pg 193, 194, 200 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 24500 - Albert James Hillier