John W. Hull First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces Service # O-734462 427th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomber Group, Heavy Entered the Service from: California Died: 26-Nov-43 Buried at: Plot D Row 6 Grave 31 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart John William Hull was Bombardier of the B-17 bomber "Mr.Five-by-Five", 427th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomber Group. The airplane crashed Friday 26 November 1943, while on a mission to Bremen. It crashed into the North Sea. The body of John Hull washed ashore on 13 February 1944. The bodies of the other 9 crewmembers were never found. John was the older brother of Robert L.L. Hull, from who I adopted the grave at the American Cemetery in the Netherlands. He never knew what exactly happened to his brother, as he was killed on 4 January 1944.
A short passage about John and his plane is published in the Molesworth Pilot, the 303rd BG newsletter. http://www.303rdbg.com/news/2010-12-28.html
