Floyd Ambrose Lauletta
Military ROLL OF HONOUR801st BG - 850th BS
Standing Left to Right: Gerald H. Ransom (G), Jesse H. Snider (B), Richard J. Brace (N), Clyde H. Schultz (CP), Charles R. Kline (P), Floyd A Lauletta (G)
Kneeling Left to Right: Dana R. Wemette (G), Arthur G. Abate (G), George W. Odom (G), Warren L. Rock (G)
This crew (minus Odom and Ransom) were shot down on the night of July 4/5 1944. All aboard were KIA
801/492 website
Member of Kline crew. Killed in Action (KIA). B-24H AC 42-50386. Shot down and crashed NE of Paris. MACR 6991. B-24H Carpetbagger, 42-50386, shot down by ME 110 south of Paris at 0200hrs. T/O from Harrington, site of crash Les Trois Mares, Oise. Final interrment in Epinal Cemetary, France.
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/world-war-2/Floyd-Lauletta-256…
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-693995
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Epinal American Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Duluth, MN, USA | 8 December 1922 | Born Duluth, Minnesota |
Enlisted |
Fort Snelling, MN 55417, USA | 7 December 1942 | |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Sth ofParis, France | 4 July 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) Sth of fParis |
Buried Plot B Row 12 Grave 67 |
Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal ,France | Re-Interred Epinal American Cemetery Epinal, France | |
Born |
Duluth, MN, USA | 829 West 4th Street |
Revisions
490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Combat Chronology, USAAF SN Website,
href="http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm">http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm>; Losses of the 8th AF, vol4 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia