Major P. Ployer Hill - Hill Air Force Base Museum - Hill AFB, Utah
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Small memorial dedicated to Hill Air Force Base's namesake, Major Ployer P. Hill.
Waymark Code: WMBAE6
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2011
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I spent almost 26 years serving in the Air Force. Every stateside Air Force Base I have been to was named for some distinguished warrior from our past. Hill Air Force Base was named after Major Ployer P. Hill.
Major Ployer P. Hill had a flying career that lasted about eighteen years. Major Hill was best known as a test pilot and is credited with piloting 60 different aircraft. On the 30th of October 1935 May Hill died as a result of injuries sustained during the crash of an experimental Boeing Model 299 aircraft at Wright Flield. The crash occurred due to maintenance error. The Model 299 was the prototype for B-17 Flying Fortress. Major Ployer Peter Hill was buried in Newburyport, Massachusetts, on November 3, 1935.
In 1939 the U.S. War Department named the site of the Ogden Air Depot "Hill Field" in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill. In 1948, Hill Field was renamed Hill Air Force Base.
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Location: Hill AFB Aviation Museum
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