Robert J Billingsley

Military
media-36548.jpeg UPL 36548 1Lt Robert J. Billingsley 0-697387 of Seattle, WA . flew as co-pilot on the 1Lt Joseph W. Parks Crew with the B-24 Liberator 44thBomb Group, 68 Bomb Squadron out of Shipdam, England, Station 115, APO 558. On April 27th, 1944 while flying a bombing mission to Moyenneville, France, Lt Billingsley was injured by flak and received the Purple Heart.... Bob Billingsley was born on October 6th, 1921 in Washington State and died at the young age of 44 on October 13, 1965. He is buried at Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County in Arizona.

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Object Number - UPL 36548 - 1Lt Robert J. Billingsley 0-697387 of Seattle, WA . flew as co-pilot on the 1Lt Joseph W. Parks Crew with the B-24 Liberator 44thBomb Group, 68 Bomb...

Joined Sqd 4/21/44. WIA 4/27/44 (Mayenville). DS to Oxford 6/13/44. Suspended from flying 1/22/45. Completed tour 2/6/45. Trans/70th RD 2/6/45. Pilot: Duerell.

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The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Updated his status from "Civilian" to "Military" since he has a Military S/N.

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

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