Floyd M WILLIAMSON

 

WILLIAMSON_Floyd_M

Source : Arnaud Gaté
 
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER7057644
AGE20 yo
DATE OF BIRTH4 avril 1923 OKLAHOMA 
STATEKANSAS
FAMILY Single
RANKStaff Sergeant
FONCTIONGunner
JOB before ENLISTEMENT  Semiskilled construction occupationskansas
DATE of ENLISTEMENT1 May 1942 Fort Leavenworth KANSAS 
SQUADRON366th Bomb Squadron
GROUP305th Bomb Group
ARMY8th Air Force
DATE OF DEATH16 april 1943williamson floyd m tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHKergurune - Town of Languidic
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-40-BO - s/n 42-5220

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Mission: Lorient

Take-off: Station 105 Chelveston, NOTHAMPTONSHIRE

CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY de St James

Map St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
M124
DECORATION

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 US AAF Air Crew Badge

 

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 badge-aaf_aircrew

 

 

usaf 8air force 305bg 366bs

 

    

 
 

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-40-BO - s/n 42-5220

1st Lieutenant Lawrence L Jr LEACH Pilot Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James (50) - E.1.5 O-661854 - KENTUCKY
1st Lieutenant Homer P ANDERSEN CoPilot Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia O-727147 - UTAH
T/Sergeant David M BOGDAN Mec/M Dead - Arlington Nat Cem. Virginia USA - 34-4125 21 ans - PENNSYLVANIA
T/Sergeant Joseph W TERRELL Rad Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesi 19082820 - KENTUCKY
2nd Lieutenant Voyle E SPENCE Nav Prisoner- Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia O-663426 - Born 26/03/1918 - ILLINOIS
2nd Lieutenant Donald A WORSLEY Bomb Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia O-728325 - CALIFORNIA
S/Sergeant Floyd M WILLIAMSON MitV Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James (50) - M.1.24  7057644 - PH - KANSAS
S/Sergeant John Jr TOTH MitG Dead Whiting, INDIANA
S/Sergeant Jimmie H SMITH MitD Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James 15115781 - PH - WEST VIRGINIA 
S/Sergeant LeRoy F SYKES MitA Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf 33189346 - DISTRICT of COLUMBIA
equipage 42 5220 b17 1943

 

The plane, a bomber B-17F-40-BO 42-5220 with ten Americans on board, was shot down on 16 April 1943 by the German fighter as it was heading towards the base of the submarines in Lorient , For a bombing mission.

(Photos: Aerosteles.net )

equipage 42 5220 stele equipage 42 5220 stele2

SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFindagrave.com - Francecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov - Frédéric LAVERNHE
PROGRAMMERFrédéric & Renaud
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