Hill, Ployer Peter, Maj

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Major

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 770-Airplane Pilot

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1932-1935, Headquarters, Air Corps Ferrying Command

Service Years
1918 - 1935

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Personal Details

Home State

Massachusetts

Year of Birth
1894

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Contact Info

Home Town Newburyport, Massachusetts	Last Address Wright Field, Ohio
Date of Passing Oct 30, 1935

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	2014, In the Line of Duty

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

He was killed in the crash of the Model 299, prototype of the B-17, that he was flying because the ground crew had neglected to remove limitations on the control surfaces.
In 1939 Ogden Air Depot, UT was renamed Hill Field in his honor. In 1948 it became Hill AFB.
He was buried in his hometown of Newburyport, MA, cemetery unknown.

Other Comments:

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ployer_Peter_Hill

http://www.hill.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5831

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=132077425

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_Air_Force_Base

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=83555

1912-1916, Brown University

FromYear 1912	ToYear 1916
College Brown University
Major Civil Engineering

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