Sherrard   G.  BILLINGS II

 

billings sherrard 1
NUMBER OF SERVICE31093591
AGE35 yo
DATE OF BIRTH8 march 1909 NEW HAMPSHIRE
ETATMASSACHUSETTS
FAMILYSingle
RANKStaff Sergeant
FONCTIONGunner
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTSalesmen, insuranceMA
DATE of ENLISTEMENT29 April 1942 Boston MASSACHUSETTS
 SQUADRON496th Bomber Squadron
  GROUP344th Bomber Group (Medium)
ARMY9th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH10 June 1944billings sherrard tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHLa Croix des Aulnays -  Magneville
DATA PLAN 

B-26 Marauder C45 - SN : 42-107574 "Sweety Baby" 

Mission: Valognes

Macr : 5708
B26 MARAUDER

Edwin R & his godfather off station 169 Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex UK

Shot by flak - Explodes by touching the ground - 07:35

Corps originally buried in Magneville (50)

gisavage Tail Squadron 344bg

Tail Squadron du 344th Bomb Group

CEMETERY TEMPORILYTemporarily buried in the Communal Cemetery of Magneville
CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
A1925
DECORATION

Air Medal + 4 OLC

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 

am4olc

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

 

usaf 9af 344bg 

 

    

STORY
billings sherrard billings sherrard Equipage B 26 Sweety Baby 
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 B-26 Marauder - type C-45-MO - s/n 42-107574 N3*N

"Sweety Baby"

Second Lieutenant Herman Lory BURDETTE Pilot
Dead

Arlington Nat Cem. Virginia 

O-684266 - 25 yo - WEST VIRGINIA 

Second Lieutenant
Dale Westley EDWARDS Co-Pilot
Dead

Arlington Nat Cem. Virginia 

O-816272 - 22 yo - OHIO 
Second Lieutenant Albert Luther COLLINS Navigator Dead Mountain View Cem. Danville, Virginia
O-749832 - 23 yo - Danville, VIRGINIA 
S/Sergeant Marshall Henry PORTER Radio/Gunner Dead
Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 

31281607 - AM+5/PH - CONNECTICUT 
S/Sergeant
Joseph George

GISAVAGE
Mechanic/Gunner
Dead

Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 

12219666 - AM+1 - NEW YORK 
S/Sergeant Sherrard II BILLINGS Gunner
Dead

Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 

31093591 - AM+4/PH - MASSACHUSETTS 

billings sherrard B 26 musée Utah

B 26 "Sweety Baby" -  Musée d'Utah Beach

  B26 2
 42 107574 equipage monu magnevil1 42 107574 equipage monu magnevil

 

Monument en hommage de l'équipage du Marauder 42-107574

 

SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOAerosteles.net - Francecrashes39-45.net - Frédéric LAVERNHE - Clive TIRLEMONT - Worldwarphotos.info - Aad.archives.gov - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Nhdsilentheroes.org
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