William H Hylton
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) in B-17F 41-24512 'Rose O' Day', 91BG/322BS while serving as Bombardier. The aircraft was attacke repeatedly by German fighters and seen to have the #2 engine on fire. The surviving crew were ordered to bale out over the southern tip of Texal Island, Holland, but many came down in the sea and were lost. The aircraft crashed into North Sea just west of the tip of Texel Island, Holland.
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rose ODay
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Texel, Netherlands | 4 March 1943 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the sea just west of the tip of Texel Island, Holland. His remains have never been recovered. |
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Born |
Dallas County, Texas | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Netherlands American Cemetery, AM Begraafplaats 1, 6269 NA Margraten | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 24-Jun-2015. Added Decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added KIA event per MACR 3721; Edited SUmmay Biography with loss detail and converted dates to military-style signification per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, pp. 87-88, MACR 3721