This Profile ID | 419494 |
Service ID | O-1699480 |
Name | Clarence E Hill |
From | Armstrong County, Pennsylvania |
Casualty Date | February 12, 1943 |
War | World War II |
Service Branch | Army Air Forces |
Rank | First Lieutenant |
Casualty Type | DNB - Died Non-battle, air crash |
Location | Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska |
Burial | Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas |
Remembered | Clarence E Hill is buried or memorialized at Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas. This is a National American Cemetery administered through the Department of Veteran's Affairs. |
On February 12, 1943 he was on the crew of the B-24D Liberator #41-23873 when they took off from Ladd Field near Fairbanks, Alaska to run a cold weather test. There had been an incident involving another B-24 the previous week, and it was their job to duplicate the conditions that led to mechanical failure under arctic conditions. While airborne they initiated a planned shutdown of two engines. Unfortunately, physics and weather collided that day and they crashed, entirely demolishing their aircraft. There were six crew on board and a civilian observer from Consolidated Aircraft. There were no survivors. The remains of these men were laid to rest in a group burial at Fort Scott National Cemetery in Kansas. We identified 6 casualties in our archive related to the #41-23873 incident on February 12, 1943.
◼Clarence E Hill
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