Garland Brooke Lloyd

Military
media-44408.jpeg UPL 44408 1LT Garland B. Lloyd
Pilot
95th BG - 334th BG
Shot down on 6 March 1944

Object Number - UPL 44408 - 1LT Garland B. Lloyd Pilot 95th BG - 334th BG Shot down on 6 March 1944

Damaged by fighter attacks on the return from a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31299 'Junior' maintained formation until finally crashing NW of Beilen, Holland after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).



Flew 13 o f22 missions in B-17G #42-31299 "Junior"



Retired from the USAF with the rank of Captain

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36378914
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patches
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucky Strike
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: She's My Gal II aka Junior
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Exchange, West Virginia 26 June 1916

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 3 June 1941

Other

95th BG Combat Tour

Horham Airfield, UK 13 December 1943 - 6 March 1944 22 combat missions

Other

Captured

Oosterwolde, Friesland, Netherlands 9 July 1944

Other

POW

Barth, Germany 15 July 1944 Stalag Luft I North 1 - Barrack 11 - Room 14

Died

Tallahassee, Florida 21 October 1971

Buried

Tallahassee, Florida 24 October 1971 Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery Tallahassee,Leon County, Florida, USA

Other

Shot Down/Initially Evaded

3 miles west of Hijken, Netherlands 6 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2999 / MACR 2999, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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