Milton Hibbard
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. A/C took off for mission. Unable to reach altitude and aborted mission. Attempting landing, A/C turned sharply to the left and crashed. Gas tanks and bombs exploded shortly thereafter. 25-Jun-44. Killed in Action
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18082022 / O-693557
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Fay Day
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Passaic, NJ | 22 February 1921 | Son of Agnes Hibbard. |
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Enlisted |
Newark, New Jersey | 1 June 1942 | Newark, New Jersey |
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Died |
Halesworth, UK | 25 June 1944 | Killed in crash landing 25-Jun-44. |
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Buried |
26 June 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot C Row 1 Grave 40 | |
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Based |
Halesworth | 25 June 1944 | Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/image/310758731
https://www.fold3.com/record/83550543-milton-hibbard
https://www.fold3.com/record/529897795-milton-hibbard
http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/East-Anglia-World-War-Two-Aircrew-Cr…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56290674/milton-hibbard
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / losses of the 8th and 9th , vol 4 page 444