Raymond Alexander Hill Jr

Military

Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Rahmel, Poland in B-17 42-102678 'Ole Worrybird' hit by flak burst lost 2 engines and fell out of formation, crashed near Gottigen on 11-Feb-44 in B-17 42-102678 'Ole Worrybird', Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10309.

Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-102678

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ole Worrybird
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fulton County, GA, USA 8 February 1917

Enlisted

Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA 17 September 1942 Fort McPherson Atlanta. Georgia

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

78-220 Tychowo, Poland 2 November 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out

Osnabrück, Germany 2 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Rahmel, Poland in B-17 'Ole Worrybird' 42-102678 hit by flak burst lost 2 engines and fell out of formation 2-Nov-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10309.

Died

Meriwether County, GA, USA 8 December 1975

Buried

Warm Springs City Cemetery Warm Springs Meriwether County GA 11 December 1975 Warm Springs City Cemetery Warm Springs Meriwether County Georgia
St Louis, Missouri, USA

Based

Horham 2 November 1944 Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date11 Dec 2021 15:52:43
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to biography and events
Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103147200/raymond-alexander-hill

Date29 Mar 2020 19:57:53
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date20 Nov 2017 18:28:21
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to surname, middlename, suffix, service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations
Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-102678&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28731830
https://www.fold3.com/record/84053372-raymond-a-hill-jr
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103147200/raymond-alexander-hill

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:03
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

MACR 10309 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database