Interment - March 14, 1949
Corporal - US Army - WW II
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Middle Name per FindAGrave contributor Anonymous # 47300949 - Saturday 3/10/2018
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Additional Info from FindAGrave contributor RealistState (#46853001):
Brother of Virginia Bilsing;
Graduate of the Brooklyn Technical High School where he was captain of the track team.
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World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Name: Ralph J Bilsing
Residence State: New York
Report Date: 5 Jun 1945
Latest Report Date: 15 Aug 1945
Grade: Corporal
Service Branch: Army
Arm or Service: Air Corps
Area Served: Asiatic Theatre: Japan
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: Osaka Main Camp Chikko Osaka 34-135
Status: Executed, Died in Ship's Sinking or Result of Ship Sinking, Shot While Attempting Escape
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
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Contributor: Vindicator I (49013635) 27 August 2019:
Cpl Bilsing served with the 770th Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group operating from West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands. He was the (Tail Gunner) on board B-29, Serial Number 42-65336, named 'ASSID TEST II' during a mission to Kobe, Japan on 5 June 1945. Near the target his plane was damaged by AA Artillery and enemy aircraft. Initially believed that five (5) members of the crew were KIA during the attack or crashed with the plane. And, seven (7) members of the crew bailed out of the plane and were captured becoming POW. All seven were transported to a POW camp in Osaka, where they were all executed by the Japanese just prior to the surrender of Japan.
Further evidence now suggests Cpl Bilsing also initially survived and was executed while a POW at Osaka Shinodayama Parade Ground on 20 July 1945.
Source
http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/pacific_pow_roster.html search BILSING
B-29, 42-65336 'ASSID TEST II' crew member memorials listed in order as recorded on Missing Air Crew Report No. 14394, page 2:
Corporal - US Army - WW II
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Middle Name per FindAGrave contributor Anonymous # 47300949 - Saturday 3/10/2018
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Additional Info from FindAGrave contributor RealistState (#46853001):
Brother of Virginia Bilsing;
Graduate of the Brooklyn Technical High School where he was captain of the track team.
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World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Name: Ralph J Bilsing
Residence State: New York
Report Date: 5 Jun 1945
Latest Report Date: 15 Aug 1945
Grade: Corporal
Service Branch: Army
Arm or Service: Air Corps
Area Served: Asiatic Theatre: Japan
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: Osaka Main Camp Chikko Osaka 34-135
Status: Executed, Died in Ship's Sinking or Result of Ship Sinking, Shot While Attempting Escape
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
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Contributor: Vindicator I (49013635) 27 August 2019:
Cpl Bilsing served with the 770th Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group operating from West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands. He was the (Tail Gunner) on board B-29, Serial Number 42-65336, named 'ASSID TEST II' during a mission to Kobe, Japan on 5 June 1945. Near the target his plane was damaged by AA Artillery and enemy aircraft. Initially believed that five (5) members of the crew were KIA during the attack or crashed with the plane. And, seven (7) members of the crew bailed out of the plane and were captured becoming POW. All seven were transported to a POW camp in Osaka, where they were all executed by the Japanese just prior to the surrender of Japan.
Further evidence now suggests Cpl Bilsing also initially survived and was executed while a POW at Osaka Shinodayama Parade Ground on 20 July 1945.
Source
http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/pacific_pow_roster.html search BILSING
B-29, 42-65336 'ASSID TEST II' crew member memorials listed in order as recorded on Missing Air Crew Report No. 14394, page 2:
Interment - March 14, 1949
Corporal - US Army - WW II
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Middle Name per FindAGrave contributor Anonymous # 47300949 - Saturday 3/10/2018
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Additional Info from FindAGrave contributor RealistState (#46853001):
Brother of Virginia Bilsing;
Graduate of the Brooklyn Technical High School where he was captain of the track team.
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World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Name: Ralph J Bilsing
Residence State: New York
Report Date: 5 Jun 1945
Latest Report Date: 15 Aug 1945
Grade: Corporal
Service Branch: Army
Arm or Service: Air Corps
Area Served: Asiatic Theatre: Japan
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: Osaka Main Camp Chikko Osaka 34-135
Status: Executed, Died in Ship's Sinking or Result of Ship Sinking, Shot While Attempting Escape
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
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Contributor: Vindicator I (49013635) 27 August 2019:
Cpl Bilsing served with the 770th Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group operating from West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands. He was the (Tail Gunner) on board B-29, Serial Number 42-65336, named 'ASSID TEST II' during a mission to Kobe, Japan on 5 June 1945. Near the target his plane was damaged by AA Artillery and enemy aircraft. Initially believed that five (5) members of the crew were KIA during the attack or crashed with the plane. And, seven (7) members of the crew bailed out of the plane and were captured becoming POW. All seven were transported to a POW camp in Osaka, where they were all executed by the Japanese just prior to the surrender of Japan.
Further evidence now suggests Cpl Bilsing also initially survived and was executed while a POW at Osaka Shinodayama Parade Ground on 20 July 1945.
Source
http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/pacific_pow_roster.html search BILSING
B-29, 42-65336 'ASSID TEST II' crew member memorials listed in order as recorded on Missing Air Crew Report No. 14394, page 2:
Corporal - US Army - WW II
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Middle Name per FindAGrave contributor Anonymous # 47300949 - Saturday 3/10/2018
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Additional Info from FindAGrave contributor RealistState (#46853001):
Brother of Virginia Bilsing;
Graduate of the Brooklyn Technical High School where he was captain of the track team.
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World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Name: Ralph J Bilsing
Residence State: New York
Report Date: 5 Jun 1945
Latest Report Date: 15 Aug 1945
Grade: Corporal
Service Branch: Army
Arm or Service: Air Corps
Area Served: Asiatic Theatre: Japan
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: Osaka Main Camp Chikko Osaka 34-135
Status: Executed, Died in Ship's Sinking or Result of Ship Sinking, Shot While Attempting Escape
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
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Contributor: Vindicator I (49013635) 27 August 2019:
Cpl Bilsing served with the 770th Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group operating from West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands. He was the (Tail Gunner) on board B-29, Serial Number 42-65336, named 'ASSID TEST II' during a mission to Kobe, Japan on 5 June 1945. Near the target his plane was damaged by AA Artillery and enemy aircraft. Initially believed that five (5) members of the crew were KIA during the attack or crashed with the plane. And, seven (7) members of the crew bailed out of the plane and were captured becoming POW. All seven were transported to a POW camp in Osaka, where they were all executed by the Japanese just prior to the surrender of Japan.
Further evidence now suggests Cpl Bilsing also initially survived and was executed while a POW at Osaka Shinodayama Parade Ground on 20 July 1945.
Source
http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/pacific_pow_roster.html search BILSING
B-29, 42-65336 'ASSID TEST II' crew member memorials listed in order as recorded on Missing Air Crew Report No. 14394, page 2:
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