Billy Hugo Huish was born on October 17, 1918, in Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona. He was the son of Heber Allen Huish and Edna Lillian Haymore Huish. He was married to Mary Lovisa Christenson Huish Higgins.

He served in the 322nd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Second Lieutenant and Navigator on the B-17 "Skunkface" #42-29656 during World War II. 2Lt Huish plane was shot down by enemy fighters on February 20, 1944, over Belgium. He was initially evaded with the help of Belgians, and the Maquis Group he was hiding within Rièzes was denounced by a Belgian traitor. Huish, 7 other American airmen, and two Belgian underground members were captured by the Germans. The Belgians were sent to camps in Germany and died in deportation. On April 22, 1944, 2Lt Huish and the seven other Americans were shot by German troops at Saint-Rémy, near Chimay, Belgium. He is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands, and was awarded the Air Medal, and Purple Heart.

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