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HILLS, JOHN RUSSELL
Name: John Russell Hills
Rank/Branch: O4/US Air Force
Unit: Unknown (per Air Force)
Date of Birth: 25 November 1925
Home City of Record: South Bend IN
Date of Loss: 14 February 1966
Country of Loss: Laos
Loss Coordinates: 152701N 1070048E (YC164071)
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: A1E
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 01 April 1990 with the assistance of
one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources,
correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
REMARKS:
SYNOPSIS: The Douglas A1 Skyraider ("Spad") is a highly maneuverable,
propeller-driven aircraft designed as a multipurpose attack bomber or utility
aircraft. The H and J models were single seat aircraft, whereas the E model
generally carried two crewmen. The A1 was first used by the Air Force in its
Tactical Air Command to equip the first Air Commando Group engaged in
counterinsurgency operations in South Vietnam, and later used the aircraft as
escort for rescue units.
Maj. John R. Hills was the pilot of an A1E aircraft on an operational mission
in Laos when his aircraft crashed into the top of a hill in Saravane Province
about 5 miles northeast of the city of Chavane. The aircraft exploded on
impact, and Maj. Hills was believed to have died at that time. No mention is
made of a second crewman on this aircraft, although the E model generally
carried a co-pilot.
John Hills was declared Killed in Action, Body Not Recovered. He is among
over 2300 Americans still prisoner, missing or unaccounted for in Southeast
Asia.
According to witnesses, John Hills is almost certainly dead. Tragically, his
family has no grave holding his body to visit. His remains are on enemy soil,
and not buried in his homeland. Even more tragically, evidence mounts that
hundreds of Americans are still alive, held captive in Southeast Asia. What must
they be thinking of us? What would John Hills think of us?