Billy L Huffman
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by rocket fire from JU88s on a mission to Poznan, Poland on 20 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-37951. All of the crew, except the pilot, baled out but were lost at sea. The a/c crashed near Korsor, Denmark. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mavoureen
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Vale, Oregon | 6 April 1920 | |
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Died |
20 February 1944 | ||
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Buried |
Salem Pioneer Cemetary | After the war his dad had his body brought back to Salem, Oregon and buried | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 20 February 1944 |
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Source material is information I've gathered from Ancestry.com and Newspapers.com
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2779 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database