Herman G Tillman

Military
media-6913.jpeg UPL 6913 Major Hank Tillman of the 97th Bomb Group in the cockpit of his B-17 Flying Fortress.

Image found at Red Dog 1944

Object Number - UPL 6913 - Major Hank Tillman of the 97th Bomb Group in the cockpit of his B-17 Flying Fortress.

Flew B-17 Flying Fortress "Sweet Adeline", flew 62 missions over Europe.



Wingman for Jimmy Doolittle for first daylight raid on Rome.



Injured on mission to bomb German High Command HQ in Frascati, Italy, 8 Sept 1943, awarded DFC and purple heart on return to Tunisia.



Returned to Baltimore in 1944 and sent to Texas as flight instructor.



31 years in USAF, flew jet aircraft in Korean war and F-4 Phantoms over Vietnam.

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Units served with

Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im

97th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30307

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bonnie Sue aka Sweet Adaline
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 419th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Maxwell Field, Alabama

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Alfred N Swanson, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

Obituary in 'Baltimore Sun', 23 February 2012.

Biography at Red Dog 1944

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

97th Bomb Group Association, Inc., Roster - June 1, 2000 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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