Hill, Robert Brinton (Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-April-29

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Birth Date: 1892-August-26

Born: Rhode Island, USA

Parents: George Everett Hill & Martha Barrett Lewis

Spouse: unmarried

Home: Orange, New Jersey, USA

Enlistment: Toronto,Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1917-August-23

Service

RAF

Unit

(OT) AFS- Advanced Flying School (RFC)

Base

1 School of Navigation & Bomb Dropping, Stonehenge,

Rank

Lieutenant

Position

pilot

Service Numbers

74608

Final Burial
Google MapDurrington Cemetery
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1918-04-29: Hill died at Salisbury, Wiltshire in BE2e, C-7009; when he dived at too great a speed and the wings collapsed in mid-air when he pulled out. His observer, 2Lt Alex Gilmour Boardman (British) also died in the crash.

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