Gilbert D Lloyd

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-24 #41-29123 'Big Joe', Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-29123

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Big Joe, Bit XX Big Joe
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

30 December 1943

Born

High Point, North Carolina, USA

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

English Channel 30 December 1943

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5210 / MACR 5210, ABMC, 2AD Roll of Honor / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database