Monuments
B-26 Marauder 'My Gal II' (43-34605) Crash Memorial
Memorial to the 42nd Bomb Wing Aviators
Name:
John Clayton Hill
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
18071305
Unit:
42nd Bomb Wing (Med)
Date of Death:
1945-01-19
State:
Colorado
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France
Plot:
A
Row:
9
Grave:
21
Decoration:
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
SSgt John Clayton Hill was the bombardier of the B-26 “My Gal II” when it took off from the Dijon-Lonvic airfield January 19th, 1945 at 1:03 am on a bombing run to Achern, Germany. At 2:10pm, the plane fell out of formation due to technical problems and crashed a little later in Fountain, near Besancon, killing the entire crew. The villagers have held a memorial there every year since 1945. He has a cenotaph located at Brookside Cemetery, Rye, Pueblo County, Colorado.