Lt AG Hill
Alan Hill
- Rank
- Lt
- Squadron
- No 183 Squadron
- 1943 voyage
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Sailed from Cape Town on the Rangitata in September 1943, and signed the group photograph taken in Montevideo on the way.
The story of the photograph
- Fate
- Killed in action, 22 February 1945
- In the book
- Pages 153
From the book
The Dreaded Telegram
Five pilots from the “Rangitata” group were killed in February. Lt Charles McGregor a No 97 Squadron Pathfinder pilot and 14 other aircrew died in a mid-air collision with another Lancaster over the Dortmund Ems Canal on February 8th. No 630 Squadron Lancaster pilot Lt GR Lacey and his crew lost their lives on February 15th, No 183 Squadron Typhoon pilots Captain Anton Lens and Lt Alan Hill died on the 22nd, No 582 Squadron Pathfinder pilot Captain Edwin Swales lost his life on February 23rd
A Journey of Discovery
No 183 Squadron’s “Operations Record Book” lists that as the first of four sorties flown that day and identifies Lt TV Drew and Captain LPT Eagar were involved in that sortie. Five others on the squadron, Lt EW Bodley, Lt BE Goodman, Lt AG Hill, Captain A Lens and Captain TA Meek flew sorties that day. The seven, sailed from Cape Town on the “Rangitata” and had signed the photograph mounting. Lens and Hill lost their lives on February 22nd 1945.