Donald Edison Hillman

Nationality: American
Nickname: Don
Service Number: O-418131
Highest Rank: Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter pilot-1055 Deputy Group CO
Awards: Air Force Longevity Service Award with 4 oak leaf clusters Air Medal with 12 oak leaf clusters (2 silver, 2 bronze) Air Medal with 13 oak leaf clusters (2 silver, 3 bronze) Air Medal with 6 oak leaf clusters (1 silver, 1 bronze) American Campaign Medal American Defense Medal Distinguished Flying Cross with 4 oak leaf clusters Legion of Merit National Defense Service Medal Prisoner of War Medal Purple Heart with 1 oak leaf cluster Silver Star with 2 oak leaf clusters World War II Victory Medal Croix de Guerre (French) Air Force Commendation Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 silver star and 1 bronze star

Military

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

365th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

386th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-26571

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

Places

Azeville

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Fontanay-Sur-Mer

Bretigny

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Brétigny-sur-Orge

Chievres

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Chièvres Air Base

Gosfield

Site type: Airfield

Juvincourt

Site type: Airfield

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