Billy Goolsby
Military | Captain | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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William Chraniuk
Military
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Ole George #42-31574 (358BS) VK-G 41st CBW High (358BS) - Pilot Maj R.H. Cole / CoPilot 1Lt B.M. Goolsby (Back L-R) 1Lt B.M. Goolsby (CP), Maj R.H. Cole (P), 2Lt F.M Lunde (N), 2Lt W.L. Hoover (B), 1Lt R.H. Halpin (TG-O) (Front L-R) T/Sgt D. Bumgarner (E), S/Sgt W. Chraniuk (BT), S/Sgt F.Z. Cueto (WG), S/Sgt H.J. Rothrock (WG), T/Sgt V.S. Kelley (R)
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Dear Mom #42-33168 (359BS) BN-M 41st CBW Low (359BS) - Pilot 1Lt B.M. Goolsby / CoPilot Capt L.M Schulstad (Back L-R) 2Lt V.T. Gorecki (TG-O), 2Lt W.L. Hoover (B), 1Lt B.M. Goolsby (P), 2Lt G.R. Schoner (N), Capt L.M. Schulstad (CP) (Front L-R) T/Sgt C.W. Greenhalgh (R), S/Sgt W. Chraniuk (BT), T/Sgt D. Bumgarner (E), S/Sgt F.Z. Cueto (WG), S/Sgt H.J. Rothrock (WG)
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B-17G 42-39769 Missmanooki (359BS) BN-P (crew assigned 359BS: Oct 1943 - photo: 20 Nov 1943). (Back L-R) 1Lt Billy M. Goolsby (P), 1Lt John N. Savage (CP)(P). 2Lt Paul E. Towberman (N), Capt Richard R. Bowen (B) (Front-L-R) T/Sgt Chester W. Greenhalgh (R), T/Sgt Donald Bumgarner (E), S/Sgt William Chraniuk (BTG), S/Sgt Harry J. Rothrock (LWG), S/Sgt Frank Z. Cueto (RWG), S/Sgt William A. Strobel (TG)
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S/Sgt William Chraniuk :- DFC award card. 303BG.
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S/Sgt William Chraniuk :- Air medal award card. 303BG.
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Lead Crew Of Bombing Mission To Berlin, Germany Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, England. 7 May 1944.
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
Service
People
Units served with
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303rd Bomb Group
Group
The 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 3-Feb-1942 at Pendleton Field, Oregon. They assembled at Gowen Field, Idaho on 11-February 1942 where it conducted flight training until 12-Jun-1942. The Group then moved to Alamogordo Field, New... -
359th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Associated Place
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Molesworth
Military site : airfield
Molesworth was one of the early stations used by the Eighth Air Force in the UK, first occupied by the 15th Bomb Squadron’s Douglas Bostons in June 1942. Built in 1940 and extended and improved in 1942, Molesworth is most associated with the 303rd...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Bayonne, NJ | 15 February 1921 |
| Enlisted | 1942 | |
| Based | Molesworth | 1943 – 1944 |
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Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Discharged USAAF | October 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Enlisted | 29 October 1969 | |
| Discharged USAF | 31 December 1973 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | Brooklyn, NY | 23 February 1998 |
| Buried | Mount Lebanon Cemetery Glendale, Queens County, NY | 26 February 1998 |
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Mount Lebanon Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 12 May 2022 10:57:13 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/698067599 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:27:29 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster |
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