Fifteenth Generation

6111. Joseph Raymond "Joe" Billingslea was born on 22 March 1901 in Texas, USA. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Justice Precinct 2, Reeves Co., Texas, USA. He appeared in the census in 1940 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., California, USA. Joe died on 19 May 1975 at the age of 74 in San Bernardino Co., California, USA. California, Death Index
Name: Joe R Billingslea
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 19 May 1975
Event Place: San Bernardino, California
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1901
Birthplace: Texas
Gender: Male
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PAGE EIGHT, PARIS NEWS, PARIS, TEXAS MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 14, 1945

Four Men Presumed Dead in PBY Crash
Parisian Injured in Four men were presumed dead in the crash, of a PBY plane in tho Gulf of Mexico near Keesler Field in which Pfc. Joseph R. Billingslea, radio operator, was injured. All the rescued were reported resting well in a hospital there. There were five injured. This was the first fatal crash by one of these planes, an OA-10A, from the Emergency Rescue School since establishment of the installation at Keesler Field.

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