Floyd Marion Pleasant Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 344BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid in B-24 42-40208 'Sad Sack' with William Banks crew. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Sad Sack
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Craig, CO | 11 September 1918 | Son of Floyd Marion Sr and Bernice O Pleasant. |
Enlisted |
8 October 1941 | ||
Other Discharged USAAF |
2 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Dolores, Montezuma County, CO | 28 September 1997 | |
Other Based |
Benghazi, Libya | Assigned to 344BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Montezuma County, CO | Lebanon Cemetery Lebanon, Montezuma County, Colorado |