Name:
Sherrard, II Billings
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
31093591
Unit:
496th Bomber Squadron, 344th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-06-10
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France
Plot:
A
Row:
19
Grave:
25
Decoration:
Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Comments:
SSgt Sherrard Billings II, tail gunner of the B-26 Marauder 42-107574, took off from station 169 in Stansted Mountfitchet , Essex, UK on a bombing mission over Valognes. However, they came under heavy anti-aircraft fire and were hit. The plane exploded on contact with the ground at 0735.