Loyd B Slimp Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 49132 - Captain Loyd B. Slimp, Jr. - 305th Bomb Group
Captain Loyd B. Slimp was a B-17 pilot in the 305th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. While piloting a B-17 on a mission over Germany, on January 10, 1945, Loyd was shot down and crash-landed in Belgium. Post-war Loyd became Treasurer of the 305th BGMA. He continued to serve his country as an officer in the 36th Division of the Texas National Guard until a critical injury forced his retirement in 1969. Capt Slimp passed away on 3 May 2007, at age 87.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: -Headache For Hitler
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
GENERAL ORDER # 491, IX Troop Carrier Command dated 4 November 1944: From Headquarters 1 Bomb Division by Brigadier General Williams and https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36780280/loyd-b.-slimp
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000
