Lloyd Joseph Triche
Military ROLL OF HONOURNewspaper clipping
Assigned to 407BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Peenemunde in B-17 42-97958 25-Aug-44; flak hit in nose, crashed into Baltic Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8277
Awards: AM (OLC), EAME, PH.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16095219
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34331209
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37496541
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Akron, OH | 29 July 1919 | Son of Junius Adam and Edith [Rush] Triche. |
Enlisted |
Cleveland, OH | 5 February 1943 | Cleveland, Ohio |
Died |
Baltic Sea | 25 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Peenemunde in B-17 42-97958 25-Aug-44; flak hit in nose, crashed into Baltic Sea. KIA MACR 8277 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Podington | 25 August 1944 | Assigned to 407BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8277 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database