Floyd Edward Holman
MilitaryShot down by fighters and crashed near Kemme, 10km Northeast of Hildesheim (SE of Hannover), Germany, on return from a mission to Brunswick on 10 February 1944 in B-17G #42-31338 'Hard To Get'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35563587
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16079577 at enlistment, then O-809695
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-686920
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-804747
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, United States | 3 October 1923 | |
Enlisted |
19 November 1942 | Kalamazoo, Michigan | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
10 February 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 4 Gross Tychow/Tychowo, Poland. Returned to Military Control 23 May 1945. | |
Died |
28 April 2013 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
Muskegon, Michigan |
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ContributorED-BB
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MACR
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2540 / MACR 2540, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database