Serviceman
Fred P Hilger
Play his story on the map built from his record
- Army serial number
- 38629965
- Rank
- CPL (7 January 1945), SSGT (26 February 1945), SSGT (10 April 1945)
- Hometown
- Dallas TX; Dallas, TX
- Also written
- Fred Hilger
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 3
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Crews
- Leslie Anton Crew · 817th
Missions placed on him
- mission 179, 13 March 1945 · Regensburg · The Leslie Anton crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 3)
- mission 188, 24 March 1945 · Berlin, Marienfelde · The Leslie Anton crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 3)
A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 January 1945 | Air Medal | 125 | CPL |
| 26 February 1945 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 968 | SSGT |
| 10 April 1945 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 2561 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
1 entry, first 8 November 1944, last 8 November 1944. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1944-11-08 817th: 611 Gol Above 3 Os 6 324 (MOS Dy same) jd fr Fifth WE (US) 7 Nov We
National Archives pages: roll 576472397 p. 3594
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