Dean J Hill Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 62424 - 1st Lt Dean J. Hill
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Flew through poor weather on instruments on bomber escort to St Jean Ares, mission abort called, returned through weather, believed to have spun out of dense cloud in Vitre area in P-51B 43-6896. 19-Jun-44. Lt Dean J Hill KIA. MACR 6261.
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 26 February 1923 | Son of Ruth Anne [Frick] and Dean Hill Sr. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1 October 1943 | |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 18 April 1944 - 19 June 1944 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
35500 Vitré, France | 19 June 1944 | Flew through poor weather on instruments on bomber escort to St Jean Ares, mission abort called, returned through weather, believed to have spun out of dense cloud in Vitre area in P-51B 43-6896. 19-Jun-44. Lt Dean J Hill KIA. MACR 6261. |
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Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial. | ||
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Other Promoted |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
| Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
ABMC, MACR 6261 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
