FRANCIS HILL Durant


  • Born state SC
  • State SC
  • Service Number O-366339
  • Entered the service from South Carolina
  • Function Pilot
  • Plane Data Douglas C-39 (DC-2)
  • Plane serial number C-39 # 38-524
  • Theater United States
  • Status DNB
  • Casualty details DNB, Unknown location
  • Place of death Maj, USAAC, crash; slammed into hill at high speed, 22 fatalities, worst crash DC-2 at that time, 3rd worst to-date
  • Spot 24 km (15 mls) NW of Coamo (Puerto Rico)
  • Town Georgetown
  • Biography https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19421001-1