Loyd D Griffin
MilitaryL-R: S/Sgt Edwards, Swanson, Capt Griffin, 1Lt Effinger, Lt Taylor.
L-R: T/Sgt Eason, S/Sgt Henderson, T/Sgt Schwartz, S/Sgt Wiegand, S/Sgt Plummer.
13-Jun-42 Assigned as Pilot of B-17F 42-5434 [PU-J] "Lady Luck" 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. The date of his arrival at Molesworth, UK nor the aircraft on which he arrived there could not be determined from 303BG records. His first comat mission was as Pilot of B-17F 24-5723, 303BG/360BS on 26-Feb-43 but mechanical failures of the aircraft forced him to abort the sortie.
Mission Participations (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: BOB’S BOUDOIR, Lady Luck
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The devil himself, red ass
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 31 March 1943
- Date: 28 March 1943
- Date: 22 March 1943
- Date: 18 March 1943
- Date: 13 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 13 June 1942 | Assigned as Pilot of B-17F 42-5432 "Lady Luck", 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
Other Mission #1, 1LT Loyd D. Griffin, w/B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS - Aborted |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 26 February 1943 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the naval facilities and U-Boat pens at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, but mechanical failures forced him to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission 2, 1LT Loyd D. Griffin, w/B-17F 42-5262, 303BG/360BS |
Rotterdam, Netherlands | 4 March 1943 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 42-5262, 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rotterrdam, Holland. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, 1LT Loyd D. Griffin, w/B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS |
Rennes, France | 8 March 1943 | Served as Pilot fo B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rennes, France. RTB OK |
Other Mission #4, 1LT Loyd D. Griffin, w/B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS |
Amiens, France | 13 March 1943 | Served as Pilot fo B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Amiens, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #5, 1LT Loyd D. Griffin, w/B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS - RTD |
Bremen-Vegesack, Bremen, Germany | 18 March 1943 | Served as Pilot fo B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat construction yars at Vegesack, Germany. The aircraft sustained battel damage but he managed to fly the crippled aircraft back to England and made a wheels-up crash landing in a field. He was not injured and Returned to Duty (RTD). The aircraft was Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR) and salvaged. |
Other Mission #6, 1LT Loyd D. Griffin, w/B-17F 42-5434, 303BG/360BS |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 22 March 1943 | Served as Pilot fo B-17F 42-5434 "Lady Luck", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the naval facilities and Ub-Boat pens at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #7, 1LT Loyd D. Griffin, w/B-17F 42-5434, 303BG/360BS |
Rouen, France | 28 March 1943 | Served as Pilot fo B-17F 42-5434 "Lady Luck", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Roeun, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #8, 1LT Loyd D. Griffin, w/B-17F 42-5434, 303BG/360BS |
Rotterdam, Netherlands | 31 March 1943 | Served as Pilot fo B-17F 42-5434 "Lady Luck", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the shipyards at Rotterdam, Holland. RTB OK. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Made connections to Aircraft 42-5483 and Missions of 8-Mar-43, 13-Mar-43, 18-Mar-43, 22-Mar-43, 28-Mar-43 and 31-Mar-43 per 303BG website, Gary M
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Corrected Mission #8 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 31-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/027.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Corrected Mission #7 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 28-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/026.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Corrected Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/025.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Corrected Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/024.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Corrected Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/023.pdf
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-43. Correcting typo in Assigned to Aircraft event note.
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-2016. Corrected Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 8-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/021.pdf
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303Bg website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/020.pdf
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303Bg website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 4-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/019.pdf
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303Bg website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 26-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/017.pdf
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-43. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Loyd D. Griffin crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/360griffin.html
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-43. Added Summary Biography pere 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Loyd D. Griffin crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/360griffin.html
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-2016. Added NEW Person entry per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Loyd D. Griffin crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/360griffin.html