Albert Hill, 386th Bomb Group, Martin B-26 Marauder Bombardier.

Major Albert E. Hill, World War II Seventy Nine Combat Mission Record (Shows if I led or toggled - if we hit, missed or aborted)
Mission Number	Lead Number	No. of Planes	Hit or Miss	Togg.	Hit or Miss	Abort	Remarks
1				X		X	Weather
2				X		X	Weather
3	1	6	Hit
4	2	6	Hit
5	3	6	Hit
6	4	6	Hit				Alternate
7				X	Hit
8				X	Hit
9				X	Hit
10	5	72
11
12	6	72	Hit
13				X	Hit
14				X		X	Weather
15	7	72	Hit
16				X	Miss
17				X		X	Weather
18				X	Hit
19				X		X	Weather
20				X	Hit
21	8	18	Hit
22				X	Hit
23				X	Hit
24	9	18	Miss	(bomb-sight leveling knob stuck)
25				X	Miss
26				X	Hit
27				X	Miss
28	10	18	Miss	(bad weather - short bomb run)
29				X		X	Weather
30				X	Hit
31	11	18				X	Weather
32	12	18	Hit
33	13	18	Hit
34				X	(unknown - clouds - Pathfinder)
35	14	18	Hit
36				X	Hit
37				X	Hit
38				X	Miss
39				X	Hit
40				X	(unknown - clouds)
41				X		X	Weather
42				X	Hit
43				X	Hit
44	15	54			(unknown - clouds)
45	16	18	Hit
46				X	Miss
47				X	Hit
48	17	72	Hit
49	18	18	Hit
50				X	Hit		Alternate
51	19	18	Hit
52	20	36	Hit
53	21	36	Hit	(Purple Heart -- glass fragments)
54	22	36	Hit
55	23	18	Hit
56				X	Hit
57	24	36	Hit
58				X	Miss
59	25	18	Hit
60	26	6	Hit
61	27	36	Hit
62	28	6	Hit
63	29	18	Hit
64	30	36	Miss	(no bomb run due to weather)
65	31	6	Miss	(short run-problem finding target)
66	32	18	Hit
67	33	6	Hit
68	34	36	Hit
69	35	18	Hit
70	36	18	Hit
71	37	36	Hit
72	38	36	Miss	(goofed - left trigger down)
73	39	18	Hit
74	40	36				X	No Escort
75	41	36	Hit
76	42	36	Hit
77	43	36	Hit				Pathfinder
78	44	14	Hit	(First combat mission A-26 Invader)
79	45	36	Hit

Summary of the 45 times that I flew on a Combat Mission as Lead Bombardier
Results Unknown. Bombed by Pathfinder or thru overcast							01 time
Mission Aborted. Usually due to bad weather or lack of fighter escort							03 times
Missed the target							06 times
Hit the target							35 times
							45 total

Albert E. Hill Col. USAFR 7 December 1987		On my first 30 Combat Missions I flew as a Lead Bombardier 10 times. On my last 30 Missions I served as Lead Bombardier 27 times.

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