Lloyd Perry Menees
MilitaryAssigned to 50TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply Cotentin peninsula 7-Jun-44; Tracer started fire in fuselage, after dropping supplies, A/C took more tracer and then crashed in vicinity of Ste-Marie-Eglise. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5698
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group
- Service Numbers: 15074449 / O-729246
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Union County, IL | 5 May 1921 | Son of Ola Edgar and Margaret [Shepard] Menees. |
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Enlisted |
Peoria, IL | 21 August 1942 | Peoria, Illinois |
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Died |
Ste-Marie-Eglise, France | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply Cotentin peninsula 7-Jun-44; A/C crashed in vicinity of Ste-Marie-Eglise. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5698 |
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Based |
Saltby | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 50TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France Plot C Row 11 Grave 4 | ||
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Buried |
Anna Cemetery Anna, Union County, IL | Memorialised Anna Cemetery Anna, Union County, IL |
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