The story
At the date of 06-03-1944, time: 1450, the aircraft type B-17 has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Hijken (Beilen). The unit of crew and plane is: 95BG/334BS. First flyer rank: 1st Lieutenant, name: G.B. Lloyd. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.
95th BG - 13 CBW - Square 'B' - 334th BS - BG - 3rd Div - 8th Air Force
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Crew: B-17G - #42-31299 - BG-"M" - 'Junior' - 6 Mar 1944 - Mission: Berlin - MACR #2999
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13037232 - O-803103 - 1st Lt. - Pilot - Garland Brooke Lloyd - Summit Co, Ohio - EVD/POW
14103277 - O-686482 - 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot - Willys Pierce Jones - Washington Co, Minnesota - POW
34051522 - O-1286559 - 2nd Lt. - Navigator - Elton Andrew Skinner - Broward Co., Florida - EVD
35121470 - O-685753 - 2nd Lt. - Bombardier - Russel P. Allman - Texas - POW
12198200 - T/Sgt. - Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner - Marion (nmi) Gillmor - Ontario Co., New York - EVD/POW
37174496 - T/Sgt. - Radio Operator - John (nmi) Janssen - California - POW
15096917 - S/Sgt. - Ball Turret Gunner - Ralph R. Rice - Cuyahoga Co., Ohio - POW
34103912 - S/Sgt. - Right Waist Gunner - Porter B. Hyght - Alabama - POW
32075985 - S/Sgt. - Left Waist Gunner - George R. Robinson - Gloucester Co., New Jersey - POW
36378914 - T/Sgt. - Tail Gunner - Victor Peter Valek - Cook Co, Illinois - POW/EVD
Garland Brooke Lloyd
Willys Pierce Jones
Elton Andrew Skinner
Russel P. Allman
Marion (nmi) Gillmor
John (nmi) Janssen
Ralph R. Rice
Porter B. Hyght
George R. Robinson
Victor Peter Valek
Thanks to PATS (see source link for more info)
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