Billy Bennett Gomillion
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 39656
S/Sgt Billy Bennett Gomillion
Photo via DBrown Find A Grave ID #46894197
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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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32707915
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11082314 / O-818558
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13171280
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-693976
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39297646
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Little warrior
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 861st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Sulphur Springs, TX | 5 November 1923 | Son of Ernest Wade and Ila Fay [Ward] Gomillion. |
Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 21 December 1942 | Dallas, Texas |
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 |
Buried |
Fallersleben, Germany | 30 June 1944 | Interred Fallersleben forest cemetery, Germany |
Based |
Debach | 29 June 1944 | Assigned to 862BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Crestview Memorial Park Wichita Falls, Wichita County, TX | Re-Interred Crestview Memorial Park Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas |
Revisions
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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