Name | Hilliard, Donald Ervin ‡ |
Rank | Corporal / Technical Sergeant |
Serial Number | 37519899 ‡ |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Radio Operator / Gunner |
MOS | 757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF |
Last Duty Date | 13 October 1945 |
Results | Transferred |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 12760⇓ (2.688 MB) |
Photos of this Veteran signing the Wing Panel | Hilliard Signing⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. MacDonald, Ranald Hugh, III⇗ | Pilot | FCMEW |
2nd Lt. Jones, Robert McCord, "Mack"⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
Flt. Ofcr. Carr, Robert John⇗ | Navigator | FCMEW |
2nd Lt. Slachetka, Henry Joseph⇗ | Bombardier | FCMEW |
CPL. Hilliard, Donald Ervin | Radio Operator / Gunner | TR |
CPL. Cunningham, John F⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | FCMEW |
CPL. Holmes, Edwin Lamar⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | FCMEW |
CPL. Hughes, Ralph B⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
CPL. Casagrande, Mario Joseph⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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266⇗ | 14 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation (low Squadron). Sortie Report⇗ |
268⇗ | 19 February 1945 |
Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑8408⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
269⇗ | 20 February 1945 |
Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑107125⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
272⇗ | 23 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑8408⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire. Sortie Report⇗ |
274⇗ | 25 February 1945 |
Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑8679⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗ |
275⇗ | 26 February 1945 |
Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑38823⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Damaged by flak near the I.P.; at 1158 one engine was feathered; at 1230 hrs #2 and #4 engines were out, and aircraft was under control, headed toward Russia. MACR 12760 Sortie Report⇗ |
305⇗ | 6 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary) Type: Transportation Location: Leipzig, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑38994⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
306⇗ | 7 April 1945 |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant Type: Military Location: Hitzacker, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
307⇗ | 9 April 1945 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37917⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
308⇗ | 10 April 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
309⇗ | 11 April 1945 |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Freiham, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑8679⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed at RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, on return due to low fuel; returned to base after refuelling. Sortie Report⇗ |
310⇗ | 14 April 1945 |
Target: Gun Battery Type: Military Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France |
Radio Operator | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
311⇗ | 15 April 1945 |
Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac Type: Military Location: Royan, France |
Radio Operator | 43‑38839⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
313⇗ | 17 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
314⇗ | 19 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Elsterwerda, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑8541⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
315⇗ | 20 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Seddin, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑38673⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |