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HILL, Eugene Vernon - Date of
birth
16 July 1921 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Baltimore, Maryland -
Hometown
Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-799772 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
323rd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
27 September 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, off the coast of Langeoog Island, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Kenneth B. Hill (father)
Arline E. (Shaffer) Hill (mother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-29750 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Rebel's Revenge
Destination: Emden, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat base
MACR: 668
More information
2nd Lt Eugene V. Hill was a salesman.He volunteered for Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 16 March 1942.
At approximately 1010 hours, 24,000 feet, just after leaving the target, the airplane was seen with an engine on fire. It left the formation and was seen to drop its bombs. It was last seen heading down in a dive.
Two crew members survived the crash: 2nd Lt Richard F. Hull and T/Sgt Edgar G. Fetty and were taken prisoner. The bodies of two other crew members, 2nd Lt John M. Perritt and 2nd Lt Frank O. Rolfe, washed ashore and were initially interred at Langeoog Cemetery Duenenfriedhof.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Card Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application File
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Boston Globe 8 April 1943 / 3 November 1943