Billy Clemmons
Military
Object Number - UPL 31461 - Capt Robert F Maloney (L) and Lt Billy Clemmons (R) both of 38th Fighter Squadron.
Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM (9OLC), LOM, WWII Victory, EAME, Korean and UN medal.
Post war: remained in USAF serving in Korea and rising to rank of Colonel.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Bottleneck
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 436th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Huacoar/ My Gal Sal
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lamar, Colorado | 14 December 1923 | Son of Robert Henry and Mallie Olivia [Stern] Clemmons. |
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Other Crashed |
Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber DN19, UK | 9 August 1944 | Taxiing Accident Goxhill/Sta 345 Cat 3 damage 2Lt Billy Clemmons, 9-Aug-44. P-51B 43-12460 - 555FTS 496FTG 8AF |
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Based |
Wormingford | 17 August 1944 | Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK | 15 November 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Died |
McLennan County, TX, USA | 25 February 2001 | |
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Buried |
Oakwood Cemetery Waco McLennan County, TX | Oakwood Cemetery Waco McLennan County, Texas | |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
| Waco, TX, USA | |||
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Other Pilot training |
Moore Air Base, 800 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20591, USA | Class 44-B Advanced flight training Moore Field, TX |
Revisions
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Clemmons&Submit=…
https://www.fold3.com/record/623513955-billy-clemmons-1923
https://www.fold3.com/record/58939506-billy-clemmons
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Clemmons%2C+Bill…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68224121/billy-clemmons
55th Fighter Group Folded Wings Report / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
