Billy Gregory
Military
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UPL 56096
Joseph J Marganski with his crew.
Bottom row left to right , Charles Goud, Warren Watson, Joseph Marganski, George Crump, Lawrence Ramming, R L Cockrell top row left to right Marvin McCormick, Billy Gregory, John Bringardner, Frank Jordan
Bottom row left to right , Charles Goud, Warren Watson, Joseph Marganski, George Crump, Lawrence Ramming, R L Cockrell top row left to right Marvin McCormick, Billy Gregory, John Bringardner, Frank Jordan
Corrected name
9 1/2 missions. Shot down by flak after bombs away on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24J #42-100342 crashed SW of Brunswick, GR after being abandoned by the crew. Prisoner of War (POW) until May 1945.
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ ATO/ ETO/ POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 March 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2967 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 2967, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces