Whitmal Warren Hill | American Air Museum

Whitmal Warren Hill Jr

Military

Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

323rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The burning wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31513) of the 91st Bomb Group that has crashed at Bassingbourn.

42-31513

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bassingbourn airfield looking east, Whaddon is at the top, the bomb dump is to the left of the main runway, which runs vertically; the control tower and technical site with four C-Type hangars is on the right, 23 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/692. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bassingbourn

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born		3 April 1920	Son of Whitmal Warren Hill Sr.
Died		21 December 2011
Buried		15 February 2012	Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section 55 Site 2959

Revisions

Date26 Jun 2021 08:48:28

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/286306679/whitmal-w-hill-social-security-d…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126297247/whitmal-warren-hill

Date27 Sep 2014 18:27:18

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

8th AF News, September 1999/ 91st BG / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia