BILLADO Clifton E - 562 BS 388 BGH

 

Clifton Elmer BILLADO

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE31066441
AGE30 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1914 VERMONT
ETATWashington VERMONT
FAMILY

Married

Son of Thorma E. BILLADO

RANKStaff Sergeant
FONCTIONNavigator
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT VT
DATE of ENLISTEMENT18 February 1942 Fort Devens MASSACHUSETTS
 SQUADRON562nd Bomber Squadron
 GROUP388th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH8 May 1944billado clifton e mur
STATUSMIA
PLACE OF DEATHOff Portbail
DATA PLAN 

B-17 Fortress - type G-35-BO - s/n 42-32011

"Peg Of My Heart"

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Macr: 4599

Mission: V1 site at La Glacerie and Sottevast

Takeoff Station 136 Knettishall, Suffolk UK

Part of the crew would have fallen into a minefield, towards St-Sauveur

Shot by the flak at 19:32 - Plane abandoned in totality

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Colleville American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
Wall of Missing
DECORATION

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 

am 3olc

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

 

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STORY

Son of Thorma E. Billado who resided in Windsor, Vermont.

Clifton served as a Staff Sergeant & Navigator on B-17G #42-32011, 562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

He resided in Washington County, Vermont prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on February 18, 1942 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Married.

B-17G #42-32011 left on a bombing mission from Station 136, Knettishall, England to La Glacerie, France.

They were hit by German anti-aircraft fire over the target and are believed to have crashed approx. 3 miles off the french coast during the war. 8 parachutes were seen to leave the B-17.

Clifton was noted as being one of the 8 who parachuted out. He was declared "Missing In Action" during the war

He was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.

 

Crew of  B-17 Fortress - type G-35-BO - s/n 42-32011

"Peg Of My Heart"

2nd Lieutenant Louis Joseph HEYING Pilot Prisoner   O-751132 - New Vienna, IOWA  - Captured 2 km St-Sauveur-le-Vicomte - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia
Flight/Officer Joseph Paul CICAK CoPilot Prisoner   T-001962 - Binghamton, NEW YORK  - Captured 1 km N St-Lô-d'Ourville - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia
S/Sergeant Clifton Elmer  BILLADO Navigator Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 31066441 - AM+3/PH - Windsor, VERMONT
2nd Lieutenant Dick D   SEITZINGER Bomber Dead Cim Brit Am Colleville O-673278 - AM/PH - Cary, INDIANA
T/Sergeant Howard Edward GOLLNER Radio Prisoner   36808387 - Thiensville, WISCONSIN - Captured 2 km O St-Sauveur-le-Vicomte (Les Fresnaies) - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia
T/Sergeant William Arthur HEIM Mechanic/Gunner Prisoner   13093828 - Lewisburg, PENNSYLVANIA - Captured 2 km O St-Sauveur-le-Vicomte - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
S/Sergeant Joseph Oramel Jr MORSE Gunner Dead Meredith Village Cem. Belknap Co, New Hampshire 39282738 - Ramona, CALIFORNIA - Inhaled initially at Cim Mil Cherbourg
S/Sergeant William KRONITZ Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge 32406966 -AM/PH - New York, NEW YORK
S/Sergeant David Herman KIMMEL Gunner Prisoner   31135017 - Mattason, MASSACHUSETTS - Injured and transported to Hopital Paris-Clichy
S/Sergeant Donald Theodore   KLEIN Gunner Dead Cim Brit Am St-James 16056849 - AM/PH - Madison, WISCONSIN
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