Lloyd Joseph Triche
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 56285 - 1st Lt Lloyd J Triche, 92BG.
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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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11121198 / T-62233
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39607720 / O-750113
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14067841 / O-708797
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18034470
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12093706
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Akron, OH | 29 July 1919 | Son of Junius Adam and Edith [Rush] Triche. |
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Enlisted |
Cleveland, OH | 5 February 1943 | Cleveland, Ohio |
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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 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Podington | 25 August 1944 | Assigned to 407BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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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
