He died on a B-24 named "Lillie Bell" March 6, 1944. He was not a regular crew member, but was filling in for Lt.Thom, who was sick in the hospital with a severe cold. Only Lt. Gerald J. Cyr survived the crash into the North Sea. "Lillie Bell" was on a operational mission to Genshagen in Germany. The aircraft ditched in the North Sea on the return flight after being badly damaged. Second Lieutenant Halliburton was a Navigator in the US Army Air Force. He was the son of Dannie Cawood and Joseph Grayson Halliburton. His sister was Mary Gladden Halliburton.
He died on a B-24 named "Lillie Bell" March 6, 1944. He was not a regular crew member, but was filling in for Lt.Thom, who was sick in the hospital with a severe cold. Only Lt. Gerald J. Cyr survived the crash into the North Sea. "Lillie Bell" was on a operational mission to Genshagen in Germany. The aircraft ditched in the North Sea on the return flight after being badly damaged. Second Lieutenant Halliburton was a Navigator in the US Army Air Force. He was the son of Dannie Cawood and Joseph Grayson Halliburton. His sister was Mary Gladden Halliburton.
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2LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
