Advertisement

SSGT Elmer A Hill Jr.

Advertisement

SSGT Elmer A Hill Jr.

Birth
Death
18 Mar 1944
Sichuan, China
Burial
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
E, 249-250
Memorial ID
View Source
Suggest Edits
C-87 Liberator Express #43-30575 departed Chengdu, China then went missing during World War II. The four-motored transport had crashed 30 miles west of Leshan, China.
Five crew members and seven passengers were killed. Missing Air Crew Report № 3279 and 3492.

Capt. John C. Arnold, O-488764, Pilot, Kern, CA
2nd Lt. John C Mooy, O-665090, Co-Pilot, Van Buren, MI
Sgt. Lloyd Desormeaux, 18117255, Radio Operator, TX
Cpl. Wayne A Miller, 17127767, Crew Chief, MO
PFC Winthrop S Gage, R1114566, Asst. Crew Chief, CA
~~

Passengers:

S/Sgt. Elmer A Hill Jr, 12092538, NY
Fusl. Geoffrey S Lane, 3452246, UK
Fusl. William H Mace, 3655932, UK
1st Lt. Edwin W Stapp, O-679955, IN
Sapr. Frank Still, 2061075, UK
2nd Lt. Louis H Veling, O-687459, NY
Sgt. Howard W Vorbeck, 37499448, MO
C-87 Liberator Express #43-30575 departed Chengdu, China then went missing during World War II. The four-motored transport had crashed 30 miles west of Leshan, China.
Five crew members and seven passengers were killed. Missing Air Crew Report № 3279 and 3492.

Capt. John C. Arnold, O-488764, Pilot, Kern, CA
2nd Lt. John C Mooy, O-665090, Co-Pilot, Van Buren, MI
Sgt. Lloyd Desormeaux, 18117255, Radio Operator, TX
Cpl. Wayne A Miller, 17127767, Crew Chief, MO
PFC Winthrop S Gage, R1114566, Asst. Crew Chief, CA
~~

Passengers:

S/Sgt. Elmer A Hill Jr, 12092538, NY
Fusl. Geoffrey S Lane, 3452246, UK
Fusl. William H Mace, 3655932, UK
1st Lt. Edwin W Stapp, O-679955, IN
Sapr. Frank Still, 2061075, UK
2nd Lt. Louis H Veling, O-687459, NY
Sgt. Howard W Vorbeck, 37499448, MO

Inscription

SSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

See more Hill memorials in:

Flower Delivery Sponsor and Remove Ads

Records on Ancestry

Advertisement