There is a separate marker (shared stone with brother, Robert Lester Lee Hull, also buried at Margraten), in the family plot in Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California (Find A Grave memorial # 37600956). The family erected the cenotaph in Dunsmuir, because the location of Bill's grave was not known during his parents' lifetime.
Recently obtained military records indicate that Bill's plane crash landed in a snowy field on an island. The snow obscured a ditch that the plane hit as it touched down, resulting in the loss of all crew. Records for his military grave marker indicate an award of the Purple Heart.
The following additional information about Bill's final mission was supplied by Find A Grave contributor John C Dowdy:
Bombardier 1st/Lt. John W. Hull KIA
Hometown: California
Squadron: 427th BS 303rd Bomb Group
Service # O-734462
Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Addell A. Cote MIA/KIA
Target: Bremen
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 26-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-29955
Aircraft Model B17
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: MR FIVE BY FIVE
Location: Den Helder, Netherlands.
Cause: Unknown; ship was last seen returning from target over Dutch coast wheels down apparently under control. Crew 9MIA/10KIA
Notes: Mr. Five by Five, piloted by Capt. Addell A. Cote, was last seen ten kilometers west of Texel Island over the North Sea when it dropped out of formation with its wheels down. It apparently was under control at 10,000 feet. No parachutes were observed. The aircraft crashed at Den Helder, Netherlands.
Lieutenant Hull's body washed ashore on Terschelling Island, Holland on 13 February, 1944, and is buried Plot D Row 6 Grave 31 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands
MR FIVE BY FIVE Crew:
Capt. Addell A. Cote Pilot
2nd/Lt. Clarence C. Bixler Co pilot
1st/Lt. Wilbur R. Barnhill Navigator
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
S/Sgt. John M. Micek gunner
S/Sgt. Cecil M. May Gunner
S/Sgt. Theadore Gomes Gunner
S/Sgt. Paul Gunsauls Gunner
Recently obtained military records indicate that Bill's plane crash landed in a snowy field on an island. The snow obscured a ditch that the plane hit as it touched down, resulting in the loss of all crew. Records for his military grave marker indicate an award of the Purple Heart.
The following additional information about Bill's final mission was supplied by Find A Grave contributor John C Dowdy:
Bombardier 1st/Lt. John W. Hull KIA
Hometown: California
Squadron: 427th BS 303rd Bomb Group
Service # O-734462
Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Addell A. Cote MIA/KIA
Target: Bremen
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 26-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-29955
Aircraft Model B17
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: MR FIVE BY FIVE
Location: Den Helder, Netherlands.
Cause: Unknown; ship was last seen returning from target over Dutch coast wheels down apparently under control. Crew 9MIA/10KIA
Notes: Mr. Five by Five, piloted by Capt. Addell A. Cote, was last seen ten kilometers west of Texel Island over the North Sea when it dropped out of formation with its wheels down. It apparently was under control at 10,000 feet. No parachutes were observed. The aircraft crashed at Den Helder, Netherlands.
Lieutenant Hull's body washed ashore on Terschelling Island, Holland on 13 February, 1944, and is buried Plot D Row 6 Grave 31 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands
MR FIVE BY FIVE Crew:
Capt. Addell A. Cote Pilot
2nd/Lt. Clarence C. Bixler Co pilot
1st/Lt. Wilbur R. Barnhill Navigator
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
S/Sgt. John M. Micek gunner
S/Sgt. Cecil M. May Gunner
S/Sgt. Theadore Gomes Gunner
S/Sgt. Paul Gunsauls Gunner
There is a separate marker (shared stone with brother, Robert Lester Lee Hull, also buried at Margraten), in the family plot in Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California (Find A Grave memorial # 37600956). The family erected the cenotaph in Dunsmuir, because the location of Bill's grave was not known during his parents' lifetime.
Recently obtained military records indicate that Bill's plane crash landed in a snowy field on an island. The snow obscured a ditch that the plane hit as it touched down, resulting in the loss of all crew. Records for his military grave marker indicate an award of the Purple Heart.
The following additional information about Bill's final mission was supplied by Find A Grave contributor John C Dowdy:
Bombardier 1st/Lt. John W. Hull KIA
Hometown: California
Squadron: 427th BS 303rd Bomb Group
Service # O-734462
Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Addell A. Cote MIA/KIA
Target: Bremen
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 26-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-29955
Aircraft Model B17
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: MR FIVE BY FIVE
Location: Den Helder, Netherlands.
Cause: Unknown; ship was last seen returning from target over Dutch coast wheels down apparently under control. Crew 9MIA/10KIA
Notes: Mr. Five by Five, piloted by Capt. Addell A. Cote, was last seen ten kilometers west of Texel Island over the North Sea when it dropped out of formation with its wheels down. It apparently was under control at 10,000 feet. No parachutes were observed. The aircraft crashed at Den Helder, Netherlands.
Lieutenant Hull's body washed ashore on Terschelling Island, Holland on 13 February, 1944, and is buried Plot D Row 6 Grave 31 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands
MR FIVE BY FIVE Crew:
Capt. Addell A. Cote Pilot
2nd/Lt. Clarence C. Bixler Co pilot
1st/Lt. Wilbur R. Barnhill Navigator
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
S/Sgt. John M. Micek gunner
S/Sgt. Cecil M. May Gunner
S/Sgt. Theadore Gomes Gunner
S/Sgt. Paul Gunsauls Gunner
Recently obtained military records indicate that Bill's plane crash landed in a snowy field on an island. The snow obscured a ditch that the plane hit as it touched down, resulting in the loss of all crew. Records for his military grave marker indicate an award of the Purple Heart.
The following additional information about Bill's final mission was supplied by Find A Grave contributor John C Dowdy:
Bombardier 1st/Lt. John W. Hull KIA
Hometown: California
Squadron: 427th BS 303rd Bomb Group
Service # O-734462
Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Addell A. Cote MIA/KIA
Target: Bremen
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 26-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-29955
Aircraft Model B17
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: MR FIVE BY FIVE
Location: Den Helder, Netherlands.
Cause: Unknown; ship was last seen returning from target over Dutch coast wheels down apparently under control. Crew 9MIA/10KIA
Notes: Mr. Five by Five, piloted by Capt. Addell A. Cote, was last seen ten kilometers west of Texel Island over the North Sea when it dropped out of formation with its wheels down. It apparently was under control at 10,000 feet. No parachutes were observed. The aircraft crashed at Den Helder, Netherlands.
Lieutenant Hull's body washed ashore on Terschelling Island, Holland on 13 February, 1944, and is buried Plot D Row 6 Grave 31 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands
MR FIVE BY FIVE Crew:
Capt. Addell A. Cote Pilot
2nd/Lt. Clarence C. Bixler Co pilot
1st/Lt. Wilbur R. Barnhill Navigator
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
S/Sgt. John M. Micek gunner
S/Sgt. Cecil M. May Gunner
S/Sgt. Theadore Gomes Gunner
S/Sgt. Paul Gunsauls Gunner
Gravesite Details
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