WWII pilot with CAFB roots passes

WINONA, Miss. - Family and friends gathered here Dec. 4 for burial services to remember former Army Air Corps Capt. Charles T. Hull, a decorated WWII bomber pilot who survived 25 missions in the European Theater. The services were held with full military honors. Hull passed away at St. Catherine’s Village at the age of 98 in Madison, Miss., on Nov. 29. He was born in Rolling Fork, Miss. He began his service in the AAC in November 1942, where he attended the Columbus Army Flying School on what is now Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. Once training was completed, Hull was stationed in Polebrook, England, where he piloted the B-17 Flying Fortress for the 351st Bomber Group of the Eighth Air Force. He flew several of those 25 missions over Germany without fighter escorts. “He was brave to say the least,” said Sandra Inman, one of Hull’s nieces. For his service, Hull earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Service Medal upon returning from that tour. He went on in service to be a flight instructor for the new B-29 Superfortress. In July 1945, Hull completed his service in the military and was honorably discharged from the Army at Camp Shelby, Miss. (Source: 14th Flying Training Wing 12/05/19) https://www.columbus.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2033363/decorated-wwii-bomber-pilot-honored-remembered-by-family-friends/