Lloyd T Williams
Military
Added photo, received from the Williams family
Object Number - UPL 26831 - Lloyd T. Williams - Winter 1943-1944 (Photo courtesy of the Williams family via son Guy)
Lloyd Williams enlisted in the Air Corps in August 1942. After completing aerial gunnery training, he was sent overseas ans assigned to the 448th Bomb Group/713th Bomb Squadron in Seething, England. He completed 30 missions over Europe with the crew of Lt James J. Bell and had been promoted as a Staff Sergeant in May 1944.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13033362
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742831
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35588078
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736688
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36068383
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
Missions
- Date: 22 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Clinton, Custer County, Oklahoma, United States | 13 September 1920 | the son of Jay and Sina Williams |
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Enlisted |
Portland, Oregon, United States | 13 August 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Died |
Salem, Oregon, United States | 3 October 2012 | |
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Born |
Donald, Marion County, Oregon, United States | ||
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Other Completed 30 missions with the James J. Bell crew |
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Buried |
Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oregon, United States |
Revisions
N ARA WWII enlistment records
Data from the former www.448bombgroup.org/original%20crew%20roster.htm
Contacts with Lloyd Williams and his family
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / SO#150, 6th Heavy Bomb.Proc HQ, Herington, Kansas 5 Nov 43
