Billy Chat Ferguson
Military
95th BG - 335th BS
Standing Left to Right: Gene C. Grime (R/O), Billy C. Ferguson (FE), Millard E. McGowan, Jr. (TG), Fred W. Miller (WG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Halcott B. Thomas (P), Benjamin F. Hathaway (B), Bily P. Decherniss (BTG), Donald B. Flygstad (N), Max Bunin (CP)
This was largely the crew that Halcott Thomas finished his tour with, though his original crew had a sunstantially different composition. The crew in the photo had been the Jammie Philpott crew
95th Bomb Group collection
Object Number - UPL 44462 - Halcott B. Thomas Crew 95th BG - 335th BS Standing Left to Right: Gene C. Grime (R/O), Billy C. Ferguson (FE), Millard E. McGowan, Jr. (TG),...
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Joltin Joe
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 350th Bomb Squadron
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Bokchito, OK | 23 October 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 9 January 1943 | |
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Other 95th BG Combat Tour |
Horham Airfield, UK | 12 October 1944 - 11 April 1944 | 24 missions |
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Died |
Hawthorne, CA | 12 January 1998 | |
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Buried |
Durant, OK | 17 January 1998 | Highland Cemetery Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA |
| Los Angeles, Ca |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php