Garland Brooke Lloyd
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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
People
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 4 February 1944
- Date: 3 February 1944
- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 21 January 1944
- Date: 11 January 1944
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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 |
Revisions
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