Hal Errett Bilyeu
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Assigned to 329BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid. Flew Ploesti raid on 1-Aug-43.
2-Dec-42 while transporting navigators to a school in Oxfordshire, main landing gear retracted upon landing. All crewmembers survived on B-24 41-23674.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars), Air Force Commendation Medal.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ball of Fire Junior
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ready & Willing, Silver Streak
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Findlay, IL | 20 February 1919 | Son of Walter Cleveland and Whitfield Lile Bilyeu. |
Died |
Shreveport, LA | 26 May 2011 | |
Buried |
Forest Park East Cemetery Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA | Forest Park East Cemetery Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana | |
Based |
Hardwick | Assigned to 329BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Enlisted |
Chanute Filed Illinois Enlistment Date 9 Oct 1941 |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Unit history;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 51
'Ploesti' by Dugan & Stewart, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 51, 105 , / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia