Claude R Hillenbrand

Military

35 missions 1944: Apr 29 Berlin; 30 Clermont Ferrand; May 1 Metz; 8 Berlin; 13 Osnabruck; 19 Berlin; 22 Keil; 23 Orleans; 25 Liege; 27 Strasbourge; 29 Leipzig; Jun 2 Boulogne; 3 Boulogne; 5 Boulogne; 6 Caen; 7 Meytis; 10 Coastal France; 11 Hanfluer; 12 Amiens; 29 Willenburg; Jul 6 St. Paul; 8 Mucourt; 12 Munich; 13 Munich; 14 Ourillac; 18 Kiel; 19 Schweinfurt; 20 Merseburg; 24 St. Lo; 25 St. Lo; 28 Merseburg; 29 Merseburg; 31 Munich; Aug 1 France; 2 North Paris.



Air Medal w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-37817

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mollita
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Vincennes, Indiana 6 November 1923

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self