Joseph J Hilderbrand
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1350
Award: AM (OLC), PH.
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
31 October 1941 | Camden, New Jersey | |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
17 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany KIA MACR 1350 | |
Buried |
18 August 1943 | Interred Dorrebach Cemetery. | |
Born |
Son of Jerome J and Anna M Hilderbrand. | ||
Based |
17 August 1943 | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Plot J Row 25 Grave 24 |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1350 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database