Floyd Charles Noullet

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media-25862.jpeg UPL 25862 Color Photo of My Father From WW2 S/Sgt. Floyd Charles Noullet

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Object Number - UPL 25862 - Color Photo of My Father From WW2

Floyd Noullet was Left Waist Gunner on B-17 #42-31565, shot down by Flak immediately after bombs away on a mission to Berlin on 4 March 1944 and crashed SE of Mons, Belgium.

Initially evaded he was later made a Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Donald Raymond Egan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16044786 and O-682089
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Emory Thurman Kesterson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38046850
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Jonathan Pearson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32294218 and O-692337
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Eugene Stanislaus Purnell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39031820
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Rodney Patterson Roehm

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16056598 and O-747321
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31565

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Butler, Pennsylvania, United States 23 July 1920

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 24 September 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland 4 March 1944 - 8 June 1945 After landing about 10km South of Saint-Quentin in parachute in the Aisne Department of France, Floyd Noullet was found by Marcel Nicholas of Tergnier (Aisne department) and sheltered by Mr Masschelein in Villequier-Aumont. On 20 March he was moved to stay with Mrs Ponchon at Beaumont-en-Beine. On 23 July, together with RAF airman W/O Charles Pallett, he was moved to the home of Louis Guillaume in Guivry. On 3 August both airmen were moved to stay with Mme Marie Demarcq at Villequier-Aumont. Noullet and Pallett were both captured there around 10 (or 28) August when the Germans surrounded the village. Floyd Noullet was interned at Stalag Luft 4.

Died

Butler, Pennsylvania, United States 10 September 1992

Revisions

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Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Floyd's Son Timothy A. Noullet Private Photo

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MACR 2795
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWI POW records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2795 / MACR 2795, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 25862 - Color Photo of My Father From WW2