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On 26-Feb-43 while serving as the Tail Gunner in B-17F 41-24623, 305BG/365BS the aircraft sustained damage from AA fire over the target at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. He was able to bail out and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW). The aircraft was then attacked by German fighters and crashed into tha Jadebusen (Jade Bight) just east of Wilhlemshaven, Germany. Floyd's death was reported in the June 1984 edition of 'Can Do'.
POW
Group
The 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy), nicknamed "Can Do" was activated 1-March-1942 at Salt Lake City Air Base, Utah which was their primary training base until 11-Jun-1942 when they relocated to Geiger Field, Washington until 29-Jun-1942, then on to...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Geiger 1-Sep-42; with George Stallman force landed Hancock Field, NY 5-Oct-42; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-V] Presque Isle, Maine 19-Oct-42; Grafton Underwood 25-Oct-42; Chelveston 11-Dec-42; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 26-Feb-43. The...
26 February 1943
After 10 days of weather related delays of the bomber offensive, a mission is organised with the port facilities of Emden, Germany as the primary target. However, Emden is obscured by cloud cover and all formations divert to attack the port facilities...
Military site : airfield
Chelveston was adapted and expanded in preparation for the arrival of American forces. Rather than heavy bombers, the first aircraft to fly from its runways were C-47 Skytrains that were flown by the 60th Troop Carrier Group in July 1942. The first...
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| Born | Born Wisconsin, Cook County, Illinois | 2 April 1905 |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Krems an der Donau, Austria | 26 February 1943 – 17 July 1945 |
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Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Genikendorf (near Krems), Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 17-Jul-45 |
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| 03 December 2020 11:03:18 | Helen | Changes to biography |
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305th BGMA 'Can Do' notes. |
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| 04 January 2020 21:42:16 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Corrected a misspelled word in the "Summary biography". |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 June 2015 21:35:56 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to biography, awards, events, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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Lee Cunningham 20-Jun-2015. Added service number and POW event per MACR 16054; Added decorations per existing website data Added loss details to Summary Biography and location to POW event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE and National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Added Place, Aircraft and Mission connections within existing website data; Added POW date, A/C model number ,unit associations and crew position to Summary Biography. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:09:37 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 16054, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 81, The Brotherhood of Heroes by Thom p. 65, NARA enlistment and POW records |
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