Herschel L Hill

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media-42970.jpeg UPL 42970 P-51B-5-NA 43-6698 "Texas Ranger" Code: G4-E
357th FG - 362nd FS

Lt. Herschel "Tex" Hill, Long Beach, CA, 362nd Fighter Squadron. P-51B 43-6698 G4-E “Texas Ranger”.

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Object Number - UPL 42970 - P-51B-5-NA 43-6698 "Texas Ranger" Code: G4-E 357th FG - 362nd FS Lt. Herschel "Tex" Hill, Long Beach, CA, 362nd Fighter Squadron. P-51B 43-6698...

During a local bombing mission training flight on 15 Feb 1944, P-51B 43-6745 broke from the formation to return to base after engine overheated. Ran low on fuel and made emergency landing in a field near Beccles, Suffolk. RTD.

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Units served with

Aircraft

43-6698

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Texas Ranger
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron

43-6745

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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Object number: UPL 42970 - P-51B-5-NA 43-6698 "Texas Ranger" Code: G4-E 357th...