Billy J Lansford

Military

Billy Lansford was Navigator on B-17 #42-3330, lost on 14 July 1943. Prisoner of War (POW). He served also in Korea and ended his military career as a Major in the USAF.

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James Stanley Munday

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16060823 and O-665707
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Robert Lannart Olson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12053323 at enlistment, then O-733088
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Edward Chesley Ruby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11038128
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Joseph Steven Woodstock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32431805
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Born

Texas, United States 12 August 1916

Enlisted

Dallas, Texas, United States 19 March 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

14 July 1943 Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW record: “Returned to Military Control 29 May 1945.”

Died

7 December 1965 Texas

Buried

Billy Lansford rests at the Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 180-181, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database