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HILL, Julian Dennard - Date of
birth
25 September 1922 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Federalsburg, Caroline County, Maryland -
Hometown
Federalsburg, Caroline County, Maryland
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
13106700 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Waist Gunner -
Unit
533rd Bombardment Squadron,
381st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
5 August 1944 - Place of
death
Jadebusen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Ralph Hill (father)
Mae (Brown) Hill (mother)
Anna M. (Marvel) Hill (stepmother)
Dennard B. Hill (brother)
Marie E. (Passwaters) Hill (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-97771 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Nienburg/Weser, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the underground oil storage tanks
MACR: 7884
More information
S/Sgt Julian D. Hill attended college and was employed at DuPont Company in Seaford, Delaware.He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Baltimore, Maryland on 22 September 1942 and was sent overseas in April 1944.
The airplane was hit by flak and turned back to head for home. It immediateldy feathered one engine and dropped his bombs, losing altitude slowly.
Of the ten men crew, nine were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed. Five of these nine men were taken prisoner, the other four were killed.
S/Sgt Julian D. Hill bailed out successfully but was not picked up. He is presumed drowned.
He is remembered at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery in Hurlock, Dorchester County, Maryland.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.usaafdata.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware 13 February 1942
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Judith Richards, Federalsburg Historical Society