In 1943, Arthur "Pete" Hilton was assigned to ground crew at Sheppard Field in Wichita Falls, Texas. He then attended army technical school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota as radio operator/radio mechanic. In April of 1944, he graduated with the rank of corporal and was transferred to Barksdale Field in Shreveport, Louisiana where he was trained on B-26 Marauders as a radio gunner. He was assigned to the 17th Bombardment Group, 37th Bombardment Squadron and shipped overseas. On December 24, 1944 he was shot down on a mission over Germany and reported as missing in action, changed to killed in action a year later.
From the guide to the B-26 Marauder Archives, Arthur Hilton Correspondence, 1935-1946, (Archival Services, University Libraries, The University of Akron)
