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| Name: |
John Henry "Jack" Hills |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Unit: |
20 |
| Victories: |
7 |
| Born: |
25 October 1897 |
| Place of Birth: |
Taunton, Somerset, England |
| Died: |
December 1989 |
| Place of Death: |
Bath, Somerset, England |
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With 20 Squadron in the summer of 1918, John Hills, the son of John and Alice Hills, scored seven victories as an observer flying Bristol Fighters. Shot down by Jasta 56 on 14 August 1918, his pilot, David Esplin Smith, was killed but 2nd Lieutenant Hills survived and was captured. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
16 Jun 1918 |
1915 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (C859) 1 |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
S of Comines |
| 2 |
02 Jul 1918 |
0845 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (C859) 1 |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
SE of Ypres |
| 3 |
25 Jul 1918 |
0850 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (C4672) 1 |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Comines Canal |
| 4 |
25 Jul 1918 |
0855 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (C4672) 1 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Comines |
| 5 |
25 Jul 1918 |
0855 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (C4672) 1 |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) 4 |
Comines Canal |
| 6 |
30 Jul 1918 |
1930 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (D7897) 2 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Bailleul |
| 7 |
11 Aug 1918 |
1340 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2467) 3 |
Balloon (DES) |
W of Courtrai |
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| 1 |
Pilot Lt David Smith |
| 2 |
Pilot Lt J Purcell |
| 3 |
Pilot Capt Horace Lale |
| 4 |
Shared with Capt Horace Lale & 2Lt Francis Ralph and Lt William Thomson & Sgt J D C Summers |
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