Billy Bennett Gomillion
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Photo via DBrown Find A Grave ID #46894197
Object Number - UPL 39656 - S/Sgt Billy Bennett Gomillion Photo via DBrown Find A Grave ID #46894197
Assigned to 862BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) in B-24 42-94812 'Little Warrior' 29-Jun-44; Flak hit caused conflagration, flames from cockpit to rear of bomb bay. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6721.
Awards: PH.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-703639
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38367667
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18191467
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12087256 / O-697746
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Sulphur Springs, TX | 5 November 1923 | Son of Ernest Wade and Ila Fay [Ward] Gomillion. |
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Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 21 December 1942 | Dallas, Texas |
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Died |
Fallersleben, Germany | 29 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) in B-24 42-94812 'Little Warrior' 29-Jun-44; flak hit caused conflagration, flames from cockpit to rear of bomb bay. KIA MACR 6721 |
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Buried |
Fallersleben, Germany | 30 June 1944 | Interred Fallersleben forest cemetery, Germany |
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Based |
Debach | 29 June 1944 | Assigned to 862BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Crestview Memorial Park Wichita Falls, Wichita County, TX | Re-Interred Crestview Memorial Park Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6721, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php