Billy Mack Goolsby
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Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36026873
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32438176
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12156789
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16035580 / O-672796
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11136123
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nero
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Dallas, TX | 8 January 1924 | Son of Mack Allison Gallion and Lena Fay [Henley] Goolsby. |
Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 7 April 1942 | Dallas, Texas |
Other Discharged USAAF |
29 December 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Farmers Branch, TX | 16 March 1980 | |
Buried |
Restland Memorial Park Dallas, Dallas County, TX | 19 March 1980 | Restland Memorial Park Dallas, Dallas County, Texas |
Based |
Molesworth | Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Other Pilot training |
Ballinger, TX | Primary flight training - Ballinger, Texas | |
Other Pilot training |
Randolph Field, TX | Basic flight training - Randolph Field, Texas | |
Other Pilot training |
Eagle Pass, TX | Advanced flight training - Eagle Pass, Texas |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/60515014/billy-goolsby-social-security-dea…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84794986/billy-m-goolsby-wwii-army-enlistm…
https://www.fold3.com/record/621936188/billy-goolsby-1924-veterans-affa…
http://www.303rdbg.com/taps2.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127775451/billy-mack-goolsby
Added a connection to A/C #42-39807 - per info in the book "Half a Wing, Three Engines And a Prayer" by "Brian D. O’Neill" on page 211.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster