Bigby C. Parrott was born 6 June 1917 in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia.

Basic Pilot Class 42-H at Goodfellow Field near San Angelo, Texas.

Subsequently assigned to 8th Air Force, 466th Bombardment Group (H), 785th and 784th Bomb Squadrons at RAF Attlebridge airfield in Norfolk, England.

Bigby Parrott aircrew #474:
Standing Left to Right: Bigby C. Parrott (P), Eugene Drebert (N), Regis O'Rourke (RN), Fred Marshall (E), Elmer Horne (TG), Charles Conner (WG)

Kneeling Left to Right: Irbin Bailey (CP), John Morse (B), George Hort (R/O), Raymond Smith (WG), Albert Paschale (NG)

B-24L-10-FO serial #44-49626 "White Elephant" fuselage code: T9-J

H2X "Bomb Through Overcast" radar equipped Lead Aircraft.