Name:
Francis Ignatius Roy Bruce Hill
Rank:
Warrant Officer Second Class
Serial Number:
R/185307
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-11-29
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Plot:
8
Row:
C
Grave:
13
Decoration:
Comments:
Francis Ignatius Roy Bruce Hill, of Forest Hills, New York, served in the 103 (R.A.F.) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Warrant Officer II during World War II.
On a November 29th daylight raid to Dortmund, WOII Hill was aboard the Lancaster PD465 when his crew encountered heavy traffic over Cologne, Germany. They collided with another Lancaster flown by F/O Simmons. With their plane severely damaged, the pilot ordered an immediate bail-out. Only two of the crew members made it out before the plane exploded. WOII Hill and the rest of his crew are buried in the Reichswald War Cemetery.
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