World War II Honoree

Francis Ignatius Roy Bruce Hill

Hometown

Forest Hills, New York

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II AND SERVED AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR AND AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 103 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AVRO LANCASTER MK III (PB465) WAS INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION WITH ANOTHER LANCASTER, LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED NEAR DUSSELDORF, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO DORTMUND ON NOVEMBER 29, 1944. BURIED AT REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, CLEVES, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY.