Floyd E Love
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 30-Dec-42 in B-17 42-5078 while serving as Pilot. Killed in Action (KIA). Aircraft was reported to have left formation to assist AC 42-2975 of the 306th BG which was attacked by fighters. The 306th bomber had joined the 305th formation after cloud cover had obscured their own squadrons. Fighters also attacked B-17 42-2975 which was shot down.
Floyd Love's name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Brittany American Cemetery.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Shot down by German fighters and crashed into the sea near Lorient, France |
| Arkansas, USA |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2014. Correction of biography to indicate that 42-2975 was also shot down.
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2014 Added crew position to biography per 'Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Heys Vol. 1 p 56 No MACR