Billie Laurence Ramsey
Military
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Object Number - UPL 19151 - Billie L. Ramsey
Billie Ramsey was Left Waist Gunner on B-17F #42-29656 "Skunkface" of 91st Bomb Group / 322nd Bomb Squadron, shot down by fighters on a mission to Leipzig on 20 February 1944. Crashed NNW of Mons, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2460. Prisoner of War (POW). Landed in the middle of the Luftwaffe air base at Chièvres, Belgium. Immediately captured like some other members of the crew, Ramsey tried to evade together with Navigator Lt Billie Huish from the place where the Germans had put them all. Huish managed to evade (and was later killed in a massacre - see his page), but Ramsey was caught again and interned at Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13083837
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39531503
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19069446
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35743312
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
26 July 1924 | Hardy, Sharp County, Arkansas | |
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Enlisted |
Camp Perry, Lacarne, Ohio, United States | 3 December 1942 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland | 20 February 1944 | Landed in the middle of the Luftwaffe air base at Chièvres, Belgium. Immediately captured, together with Billy Huish, he tried to evade from the place where the Germans had put those of his crew who had been caught. Huish managed to evade (and was later killed in a massacre - see his page), but Ramsey was captured and interned at Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military Control 24 May 1945” |
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Died |
9 July 2017 | in North Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, United States |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2460 / MACR 2460, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database