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Lloyd C. WEINS
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-759133 | ||||||
| AGE | 22 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19 September 1922 Platte, Charles Mix County | ||||||
| ETAT | SOUTH DAKOTA | ||||||
| FAMILY | Parents : Frank & Nellie WEINS | ||||||
| RANK | Second Lieutenant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||
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| SQUADRON | 485th Fighter Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 370th Fighter Group | ||||||
| ARMY | 9th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 23 July 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Bréchamps - 3 km of Nogent-le-Roi | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
P-38 Lightning - type J-10 - s/n 42-67986
Macr : 7024 Mission : Bombing of Limours station (91) Take off Station 406 Andover, Hampshire Shot down in aerial combat around 7:30 p.m. | ||||||
| CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Saint André N°3572
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| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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| STORY | |||||||
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Byr Roger Guernon. Seven bombs damaged the station buildings and three tracks. From 7:15 p.m. to 7:28 p.m., according to the German report, an aerial fight ensued between the fourteen P-38 Lightning and ten German Focke-Wulf 190s. Four P-38s and one FW 190 were shot down in the sector between Limours, Cernay la Ville, Boullay les Troux and Choisel | ||||||
| Pilot Class Book 43-J, Marana Army Air Field, Arizona. Lt Weins is kneeling on the right. Courtesy of my Fields of Honor Database colleague Corrina who indexed this class book. |  | ||||||
 | Monument to the Dead in Bréchamps |  | |||||
| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Findagrave.com - Francecrashes39-45.net - Abmc.gov - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries - Frédéric LAVERNHE - Aerosteles.net |
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| PROGRAMMER | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |