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HILL, Charles Donald - Date of
birth
22 April 1916 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan -
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-379552 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
714th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
22 December 1943 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of the Frisian Islands, North Sea
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Leon H. Hill (father)
Nona A. (Hudson) Hill (mother)
Hudson Hill (brother)
Marilyn (Reeder) Hill (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-28609 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Osnabrück, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 2442
More information
Lt Charles D. Hill graduated from Michigan State College of Agricultural and Applied Science in 1939. He was a member of the ROTC serving in the Cavalry unit before getting his transfer to the Air Corps.The airplane was shot down on the return flight at approximately 5:00 PM by Hauptmann Peter Jenne of JG 26/I, and exploded in mid-air.
Two crew members managed to bail out and were taken prisoner, eight were killed. Seven are remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten, Sgt Homer C. Risner is remembered on the Walls of the Missing at the American Military Cemetery and Memorial at Cambridge, England.
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Michigan State College of Agricultural and Applied Science yearbook 1938, 1939, The News Palladium - 30 December 1944