Luther Edwin Hill

Military

media-47883.jpeg UPL 47883 A-20G-45-DO #43-21764 "Lady Luck" Code: 5H-X
416th BG - 668th BS - 9th AF
1LT Hill

Object Number - UPL 47883 - A-20G-45-DO #43-21764 "Lady Luck" Code: 5H-X 416th BG - 668th BS - 9th AF 1LT Hill

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Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Cleveland County, Oklahoma	20 May 1919
Enlisted	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	16 September 1940
Other Crashed on Take Off	Laurel Army Airfield, MIssissippi	21 December 1943	Crashed during takeoff due to nose wheel detaching. Received minor injuries A-20G-10-DO 42-54048 completely destroyed
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission	Poix Airfield, France	3 March 1944
Other Wounded In Action/Purple Heart	Cormeilles-en-Vexin, France	20 May 1944	General Orders No. 85, 24 May 1944, Purple Heart is awarded to: 668th Bombardment Squadron (L), Luther E. Hill, O-806064, First Lieutenant, Air Corps, United States Army. For wounds received in action against an enemy of the United States on 20 May 1944, while serving as Pilot of an A-20 airplane on a combat operational mission over enemy occupied territory. Home address: Richmond, California.
Other Final 416th BG Combat Mission	Rouen, France	27 August 1944
Died	Henderson, Nevada	20 March 2007
Buried	Boulder City, Nevada	24 March 2007	Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada, USA Plot AC-0144

Date29 Mar 2021 20:39:00

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