Floyd G. HALL

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE33564703
AGE22 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1922
ETATMARYLAND
FAMILYSeparated, without dependents
RANKStaff Sergeant
FONCTIONGunner
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTStenographers and typistsMD
DATE of ENLISTEMENT16 March 1943 Baltimore MARYLAND
  SQUADRON849th Bomber Squadron
  GROUP490th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH1 September 1944HALL Floyd G tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHAérodrome A-23 near Querqueville
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type G-80-BO - s/n 43-37941 Red-Tip 

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Macr: 8857

Mission:  Gustavburg (All) - Objectif secondaire

After crossing the French coast on the way, collision with B17 43-38184  at 11:59

The place of the collision would have occurred at the level of Les Anthieux-sur-Calonne (4917N 0018W) at 18000 feet

Airplane partly evacuated by parachute

Take-off station 134 Eye, Suffolk UK

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
A1622
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

am

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

usaf  8air force  490bg
STORY
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-75-BO - s/n 43-37941 W8*? Red Tip

"Miss Ana Bortion"

 

Major Francis Hopkins DRESSER Commandant Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-416285 - AM/PH - 30 ans -   Fils de Leonard Dresser et Anna May Kircher - Los Angeles, California USA - Manhattan KANSAS  - 2e mission
1st Lieutenant Charles S FREY Pilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-761918 - AM/PH - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
2nd Lieutenant George W HIXSON CoPilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-768099 - AM/PH - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
Flight/Officer Lowell SHUMAN Navigator Dead  T-124531 - Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA
2nd Lieutenant Donald HOEFFLER Bomber Dead Golden Gate Nat Cem. San Bruno, CALIFORNIA O-766267 - 22 ans -  Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
S/Sergeant Thomas H GOSSETT Radio/Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 34644630 - AM/PH - Spartanburg, SOUTH CAROLINA
S/Sergeant Floyd G HALL Mechanic/Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  33564703 - AM/PH - Baltimore City, MARYLAND
Sergeant Calvin Charles PULVER Gunner Dead Greenwood Cem. Jennings, LOUISIANA 38538654 - 19 ans - Né le 29/10/1924 -  LOUISIANA
Sergeant Donald L RUSSELL Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 35226101 - AM/PH - Richland, OHIO
Sergeant Edward C SCHANHAAR Gunner Dead St-Marys Cem. Melrose, MINNESOTA 37574644 - 21 ans -  Melrose, MINNESOTA
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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFrancecrashes39-45.net - Ladives1944.comKansasfallensoldiers.weebly.comFindagrave.com  Aad.archives.govAbmc.gov
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