Norman Hilton                                                                                          Updated: 11 OCT 2021

Airman: e666007.htm Surname: Hilton Init: N Rank: P/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 206

P_link: p332.htm Plane: B24 EV947 Operation: Anti ship Crash_site: Skagerak

Crash_d: d150744 Buried_d: b111111 C_link: e666.htm At_Next: U.K.

B24 EV947 forsvandt den 15. juli 1944 under anti shipping patrulje over Nordsøen og Skagerrak. Flyet formodes nødlandet i Skagerrak.

Liget af F/O L.B. Mollard blev fundet ved Højen (omkring her) den 4. september, og den 7. september blev han begravet på Skagen Kirkegård af
pastor H.P. Waage Beck.
Et andet besætningsmedlem, P/O Hilton, blev fundet i en gummibåd på havet, og han er begravet i England. p332MACR fastslår:
"Liberator EV947 mistet over Nordsøen. Redningsflåde set at en anden Liberator. Liget af Sgt Hilton opsamlet af HSL (hurtigbåd)".
Fra B24 EV947 har 8 flyvere ingen kendt grav. (Kilder: FT 89-72-37 og FAF)

Pilot Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Norman Hilton, 23 år, var søn af Mr. og Mrs. R. E. Hilton, Newtown, United Kingdom.
Han hviler på NEWTOWN AND LLANLLWCHAIARN CEMETERY, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)
10 flyvere.

On 15 July 1944 B24 EV947 disappeared on an anti shipping patrol over the North Sea and the Skagerrak, presumably ditched in the Skagerrak.

The body of F/O L.B. Mollard was found at Højen (about here) on 4 September, and he was buried in Skagen Cemetery on 7 September by
vicar H.P. Waage Beck.
Another crew member, P/O Hilton, was found in a dinghy at sea, and he is buried in England.
p332MACR states: "Liberator EV947 lost over the North Sea. Dinghy spotted by another Liberator. Body of Sgt Hilton picked up by HSL (High Speed Launch).
8 airmen from B24 EV947 have no known grave. (Sources: FT 89-72-37 and FAF)

Pilot Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Norman Hilton, 23, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hilton, of Newtown, United Kingdom.
He rests in NEWTOWN AND LLANLLWCHAIARN CEMETERY, Block 12, Grave 10A, United Kingdom.

This B-24 Liberator from No. 206 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia - a plane from Coastal Command - took off from RAF Leuchars.
See also RAF Leuchars - RAF Station homepage.  10 airmen.