Burns Philip Gillespie

Military

26 June 1943 : Crashed upon landing in Essex in B-26 #41-31680. Suffered minor injuries.

24 October 1943 : Crash landed in B-26 #41-31641 at Gosfield, Essex. Returned to duty.

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Units served with

387th Bomb Group

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

People

Lloyd H Allen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Houston H Bartley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20836581 at enlistment, then O-xxxxxx
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Cleo Cecil Terrio

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16022313 at enlistment, then O-732914
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Navigator

Aircraft

41-31641

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Sheezabeech II / The Payoff
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Micaville, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States 18 September 1914

Enlisted

12 January 1942 Hartford, Connecticut
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
https://387bg.com/387th%20Bombardment%20Group%20-%20Chronology.htm

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

"Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Bishop & Hey

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

3Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 167 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia