The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
In October, Sill's expertise as a navigator earned him a promotion to lead crew, a recognition of the skill required to guide the bombers to their targets across hostile territory. His transition from the flight crew marked a turning point in his service with the 93rd Bomb Group.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Navigator
Serial Number
O-723449
Missions flown.
8 catalogued · 09 Apr 1945 — 05 Oct 1944
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 665
05 Oct 1944
Lippstadt
A/F
—
→
№ 667
06 Oct 1944
Harburg Rhenania Ebano
O/I
—
→
№ 674
12 Oct 1944
Osnabrück
M/Y
“Angel”
→
№ 676
14 Oct 1944
Kaiserslautern
??
—
→
№ 783
06 Jan 1945
Bonn Rhine H/B
H/B
“Lily Ann”
→
№ 839
21 Feb 1945
Target unrecorded
XX-XX486
→
№ 861
03 Mar 1945
Magdeburg/Rothensee O/R
O/R
XX-XX516
→
№ 935
09 Apr 1945
Target unrecorded
“Misschief”
→
Photographs.
1 on file
Sources.
§ Provenance
Crew Photos
Website
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AMo6cDWNc/
Website
Edward McGuire · 0
Personal memoir
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record