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Aero-News has learned renowned World War II fighter pilot David Lee "Tex" Hill passed away Thursday at his home near San Antonio, TX. He was 92... and lived his life to the fullest up to the...
David Lee "Tex" Hill (July 13, 1915 – October 11, 2007) was an American fighter pilot and triple flying ace. He is credited with 12 + 1 ⁄ 4 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 .
Oct 15, 2007 · San Antonio -- Team Moody mourned the loss of one of the original Flying Tigers, Brig. Gen. David Lee "Tex'' Hill, who died Oct. 11 of congestive heart failure at his home. He was 92. General Hill flew with Gen. Claire Chennault as a member of the Flying.
Oct 10, 2007 · David Lee "Tex" Hill, a World War II fighter pilot who was the youngest brigadier general in the history of the Texas Air National Guard, died Thursday. He was 92.
Oct 12, 2007 · An Air Force instructor pilot died early in the morning on May 14 from injuries sustained when the pilot’s T-6A Texan II training plane ejection seat activated during ground operations the day before, the 82nd Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, announced.
Oct 12, 2007 · SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- Famed Flying Tigers ace and Texas Air National Guardsman Brig. Gen. David Lee "Tex'' Hill, died Oct. 11 of congestive heart failure at his home here. He was 92. The general is scheduled for burial at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
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.”
