Philip Wallace Hiden Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAn enemy fighter collided with B-17G 42-38138 on a mission to the Erkner ball bearing works in Berlin on 8 Mar 1944 and reported to have crashed N of Hanover. Killed in Action.
AM/ PH w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 8 March 1944 | |
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Born |
Newport News, VA | ||
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Buried |
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Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html
Enlistment record information pulled from NARA database
Hometown information source from neighborhood information
ABMC, MACR 3090, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3090 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database