Hill, David, ENS

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Ensign
Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1958-1968, CNO - OPNAV
Service Years
1938 - 1941
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
Tailhook
Cold War
Ensign Ensign

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Home Country
Korea
Korea
Year of Birth
1915
 
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Contact Info
Last Address
Kwangju
Date of Passing
Oct 11, 2007
 

 Official Badges 




 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback




 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

Retired

   
Other Comments:

Credited with downing 18.25 Japanese planes during WWII, making him one of America's leading aces of the war.

- Inducted into National Aviation Hall of Fame, 1968
- Inducted into Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, 1999

   

  1941-1942, CNO - OPNAV

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Unit
CNO - OPNAV Unit Page

Rank
[Other Service Rank]

NEC
Not Specified

Base, Station or City
AVG - Flying Tigers

State/Country
Burma
 
 
 Patch
 CNO - OPNAV Details

CNO - OPNAV

Type
Shore Support
 

Parent Unit
Major Commands

Strength
Center

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Mar 6, 2020
   
Memories For This Unit

Other Memories
Prominent ace with Claire Chennault's volunteers, the famous Flying Tigers.

   
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Flying Tiger
AAF Ace
Mustang Ace
First Blood
82 Members Also There at Same Time
CNO - OPNAV

Bishop, Lewis, CDR, (1937-1948) [Other Service Rank]
Hollandersky, Abraham, (1904-1966) .T Sp(T) [Other Service Rank]
Howard, James, ENS, (1937-1941) [Other Service Rank]
Mott, Charles, CAPT, (1937-1963) [Other Service Rank]
Neale, Robert, ENS, (1939-1941) [Other Service Rank]
Rector, Edward, ENS, (1939-1941) [Other Service Rank]
Rossi, John, ENS, (1939-1941) [Other Service Rank]
King, Ernest Joseph, FADM, (1897-1945) Fleet Admiral
Standley, William Harrison, ADM, (1895-1945) Admiral
Stark, Harold Rainsford, ADM, (1905-1946) Admiral
Ingersoll, Royal Eason, ADM, (1905-1946) Vice Admiral
Tarrant, William Theodore, VADM, (1894-1946) OFF Vice Admiral
Badger, Oscar Charles, ADM, (1911-1952) Rear Admiral Upper Half
Conolly, Richard Lansing, ADM, (1914-1953) OFF Rear Admiral Upper Half
Hartigan, Charles Conway, RADM, (1906-1941) OFF 111X Rear Admiral Upper Half
HOOPER, Stanford, RADM, (1905-1945) Rear Admiral Upper Half
Sharp, Alexander, VADM, (1902-1946) Rear Admiral Upper Half
Sherman, Frederick Carl, ADM, (1910-1947) OFF 131X Rear Admiral Upper Half
Turner, Richmond Kelly, ADM, (1908-1947) Rear Admiral Upper Half
Chandler, Theodore Edson, RADM, (1915-1945) OFF Captain
Cooke, Charles Maynard, ADM, (1910-1948) Captain
Denebrink, Francis Compton, VADM, (1917-1956) Captain
English, Robert Henry, RADM, (1911-1943) Captain
Ford, John, RADM, (1934-1955) Captain
Foster, Paul Frederick, VADM, (1911-1946) Captain
Hill, Harry Wilbur, ADM, (1911-1954) Captain
Kiefer, Dixie, Cmdre, (1918-1945) OFF Captain
Lee, Willis Augustus, VADM, (1904-1945) OFF 111X Captain
Martin, Charles Franklin, RADM, (1914-1946) OFF 112X Captain
McCrea, John Livingstone, VADM, (1911-1953) OFF 111X Captain
Merrill, Aaron Stanton, VADM, (1912-1947) OFF Captain
Moon, Don Pardee, RADM, (1916-1944) Captain
Rosendahl, Charles Emery, VADM, (1914-1946) Captain
Smith, Geoffrey S., CAPT, (1924-1945) OFF 00X Captain
Smith-Hutton, Henri, CAPT, (1922-1952) Captain
Strauss, Elliott Bowman, RADM, (1923-1953) OFF Captain
Struble, Arthur Dewey, ADM, (1915-1956) OFF 111X Captain
Doan, Henry Carpenter, CAPT, (1920-1953) OFF Commander
Eccles, Henry Effingham, RADM, (1922-1952) OFF Commander
Holloway, James Lemuel, ADM, (1918-1959) OFF Commander
RODGERS, Bertram, VADM, (1916-1956) Commander
Ryan Jr., Thomas John, RADM, (1921-1950) Commander
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, CDR, (1940-1964) OFF 110X Lieutenant Commander
Melson, Charles, VADM, (1927-1966) Lieutenant Commander
Miles, Milton Edward, VADM, (1917-1958) Lieutenant Commander
Parsons, Charles Thomas, CDR, (1932-1948) Lieutenant Commander
Wellings, Joseph Harold, RADM, (1921-1963) Lieutenant Commander
Bowen, Harold, VADM, (1933-1972) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Decker, Paul, LCDR, (1940-1945) OFF 1710 Lieutenant
GATES, Thomas, CAPT, (1935-1953) Lieutenant
Parsons, Charles Thomas, CDR, (1932-1948) Lieutenant
Bill, David Spencer, CAPT, (1939-1969) OFF 112X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Craven, John Harold, CAPT, (1942-1973) OFF 410X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Robinson, Gerald, LT, (1942-1945) OFF 139X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Yarris, William, LT, (1942-1945) OFF 210X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Currier, David Fletcher, LT, (1938-1943) Ensign
Frazee, Murray Bennett, CAPT, (1939-1966) OFF 117X Ensign
Hayes, Wayne, LCDR, (1941-1946) OFF 116X Ensign
Held, Edwin Charles, ENS, (1941-1942) OFF 6302 Ensign

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