Floyd Fay Ramsey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13253.jpeg UPL 13253 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

All information correct as on Roll of Honor board

Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

2nd Lt. Floyd F. Ramsey was the command pilot of the B-24D #42-41004 “The Urgin' Virgin”, when it was shot down and lost in the North Sea, after a mission to Bremen, Germany. Lt. Ramsey with all 11 men onboard were missing in action (MIA). - Killed In Action (KIA) on November 13, 1943

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-190737
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13042736
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35013607 at enlistment, then O-734896
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13011885
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17031466
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - The Urgin Virgin
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

California 8 June 1917

Enlisted

20 March 1941 Los Angeles, California

Other

Killed In Action

13 November 1943 in the ditching in the North Sea of B-24D #42-41004
Torrance, Los Angeles County, California

Buried

Memorialized

Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge

Revisions

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ContributorKickapoo
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B-24 - Best Web

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ContributorKickapoo
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B-24 - Best Web

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ContributorED-BB
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Detail on his Air Medal card

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 2182
WWII Enlistment Records
ABMC website

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ContributorED-BB
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Added a “ ’ ” at Urgin in the Summary biography – Source : Wallace R. Forman's "B-24 Nose Art Name Directory"

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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ContributorAAM
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ABMC; MACR 2182, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p.367 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2182 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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