Floyd N Holmes Jr

Military

member fo Pipkin crew, went down 6/7 May 1944 on nightime mission over Denmark on B-24D- 42-40530. Was on SOE dropping mission to the Island of Fyn, Denmark. On return was hit by flak in bomb bay and #3 engine. All crew bailed out. Navigator killed, parachute did not open. 5 Prisoner of War (POW)s 2 Evaded (EVD)

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

801st Bomb Group

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

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Died

Fort Pierce, Florida 18 July 1981

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death date http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Holmes&GSfn=Floyd…;

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801st BG Roster/ losses of the 8th & 9th book for 1944 page 180, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia