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HULL, John Burns - Date of
birth
13 June 1917 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Watervliet, Albany County, New York -
Hometown
Watervliet, Albany County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32491988 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Tail Gunner -
Unit
337th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
16 December 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea about 6 miles of Texel, Holland
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
John H. Hull (father)
Anastasia M. (Gleason) Hull (mother)
Dolly A. Hull (sister)
Julia C. (Jones) Hull (wife)
Judith J. Hull (daughter)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30860 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port area
MACR: 1563
More information
S/Sgt. John B. Hull graduated from Watervliet High school in 1934 and was formerly employed in the Blanchard Machine Tool Shop as a salesman.He enlisted in Albany, New York on 10 September 1942.
While under fighter attack, witnesses saw the aircraft explode and while going down, colliding with aircraft 42-3265. The entire crew was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.fold3.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com, Judith Julia Hull