William Carrall Hilborn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian flying ace
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Place of Birth: Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada
About William Carrall Hilborn
- Captain William Carrall Hilborn (whose middle and last names are variously spelled Carroll and Hillborn) was a World War I Canadian flying ace.
- He was raised as a western Canadian pioneer.
- He undertook his own aviation education in his eagerness to join the Royal Flying Corps.
- He overcame physical problems and a tendency toward airsickness to become a wingman to famed Canadian ace William George Barker.
- After scoring seven victories in Italy, Hilborn died on 26 August 1918, of injuries received in a flying accident.
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