Billy Mack Goolsby

Military
media-50030.jpeg UPL 50030 2nd Lt B M Goolsby

Newspaper clipping

Object Number - UPL 50030 - 2nd Lt B M Goolsby

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

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

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

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

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.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster

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