WORLD WAR II
Billy B Bridges
Staff SGT-ARMY AIR CORPS -KIA
His service Number 19049576
He was living in Grayson County but enlisted in Fort Macarthur,
San Pedro, California. He was single without dependents, a mechanic and repairman for airplanes and he built airplanes.
his first enlistment was to go to the Panama Canal area.
Department. They needed him elsewhere.
He was in the 99th Bombardment Group, 346 Squadron

B-17 1943
He flew over North Africa And it
wasn't lush like this photo. He was part of the
Tunisian Campaign

Fort Worth Star-Telegram 20 Jun 1943 Fort Worth Star-Telegram 14 Dec 1943 He is buried in; ZACHARY TAYLOR NATIONAL CEMETERY, LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON, KENTUCKY He was killed over Tunisia BODY SENT TO KY FROM TUNISIA 1948 View the cemetery in Tunisia he was buried in first. Because the bodies were not found until later, he is buried with another man from the same aircraft. They didnt' have DNA to help sort them out. Hospital report just says he was KIA. They were in the "African Area" It was Aug 1943. He was born 4 Jan 1921 Son of Oliver N Bridges Sr & Maude G Christopher Bridges Columbia Missourian 31 May 1943 He is listed as one of those who had Victories

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