Billy Dean Haskins

Military

Shot down 18 November 1943 in B-24 #427502 'Bakadori. ' Landed in Sweden. Interned.

B-24J 42-50804 ' Pleasant Surprise II'. Managed to bail-out after mid-air collision during formation join-up on mission to Hitzacker on 25 Mar 1945.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-50804

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Pleasant Surprise II
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron

42-7502

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

12 August 1922

Other

Interned (INT)

18 November 1943

Other

Returned

25 March 1945

Died

26 June 1985

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1504 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database