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David Lee "Tex" Hill (July 13, 1915 – October 11, 2007) was an American fighter pilot and triple flying ace. He is credited with victories as a squadron leader with the Flying Tigers and another six as an officer in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II. He retired as a brigadier general .
Flying Tiger Ace and Brigadier General in the Texas Air National Guard. Tex Hill finished World War II with 181/4 aerial victories. Raised in Texas and a graduate of Austin College, Naval Aviator David “Tex” Hill resigned his commission in 1941 to become a member of the American Volunteer Group, known as the “Flying Tigers.”
11 de oct. de 2007 · David Lee “Tex” Hill. Pilot & Military Leader. Born: July 13, 1915 in Kwangju, Korea. Death: October 11, 2007. Enshrined: 2006. Commissioned a Naval ensign in 1939 and ordered to report to the USS Saratoga aircraft carrier at San Diego where he was assigned to a torpedo squadron and flew the massive Douglas TBD-1.
31 de may. de 2012 · David Lee “Tex” Hill was a World War II fighter pilot and combat ace who served with the legendary American Volunteer Group (AVG), better known as the Flying Tigers. Hill, the youngest of four children, was born on July 13, 1915, at Kwangju, Korea, to Dr. Pierre Bernard Hill and Ella Hill, Presbyterian missionaries.
9 de feb. de 2021 · Hill started at Texas A&M in chemical engineering and later enrolled in Austin College. During college, he applied for the Army Air Corps’ aviation program, but didn’t qualify: he never learned why. Undeterred, he applied for the Navy’s aviation training program.
On May 7, 1942, "Tex" Hill led a flight of Curtiss P-40E Warhawks on an attack against Japan's 56th Division at the Salween River Gorge. Tex and his flight spotted a huge column of enemy trucks, armored vehicles, and thousands of troops. China's fate depended on stopping this drive up the Burma road to Kunming.
To stem this tide, 2nd Squadron Leader David Lee "Tex" Hill led a flight of four new P-40Es, bombing and strafing into the mile deep gorge. During the next four days, the AVG pilots flew continuous missions into the gorge, effectively neutralizing the Japanese forces.
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