Billy J Hancock
Military
Rear L-R: 2Lt Edmund H Lutz, 2Lt,Frank A Banell, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, 2Lt Andrew B Creo.
Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn.
Crew for 24-Mar-44 in B-17 42-30720 were 2Lt Andrew B Creo (P), 2Lt Edmund H Lutz (CP), 2Lt Frank A Banell (N), S/Sgt Carl B Christensen (Tog), Sgt's William M Martin (TT), Howard C Damon (RO), Elmer L Koelling (BT), Billy J Hancock (RW), Russell Boyd (LW), Lawrence E Becker (TG).
Object Number - UPL 40013 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fatso" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 March 1944." Rear...
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat missions. ETD.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
People
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Wish Bone
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sara Jane
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Lost Angel
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Perry, IA | 12 December 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Camp Dodge, Herrold, IA | 5 November 1942 | Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa |
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Died |
15 February 1996 | ||
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Buried |
Violet Hill Cemetery, Perry, Dallas County, IA | 18 February 1996 | Violet Hill Cemetery Perry, Dallas County, IA |
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Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |