Floyd Kenneth Godshalk

Military
media-49975.jpeg UPL 49975 B-24 42-52652 'Bashful Marion', 487BG with Schlemm crew.

Rear ( L-R) : 2nd Lt Floyd K Godshalk (B), 2nd Lt Robert A. Carr (CP), 2nd Lt Clayton L. Schlemm (P), 2nd Lt Joe J. Kairis (N)
Centre (L-R) : Sgt Raymond T. Schaberg (WG), S/Sgt Sharon H. Wasson (TTG), Sgt Floyd J Johnson (TG), S/Sgt Vernon G Swann (RO)
Front (L- ) R: S/Sgt Morris Herscovitz (BTG), S/Sgt David McMillan (WG)

http://www.b24bestweb.com/bashfulmarion2.htm

Object Number - UPL 49975 - B-24 42-52652 'Bashful Marion', 487BG with Schlemm crew. Rear ( L-R) : 2nd Lt Floyd K Godshalk (B), 2nd Lt Robert A. Carr (CP), 2nd Lt Clayton L....

Assigned to 838BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew over 25 missions in B-24's and B-17's. B-24 42-52652 'Bashful Marion'. ETD



Awards: AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Clayton Lamonte Schlemm

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13068541 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a 487th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Bashful Marion". The woman in the nose art is separately named ""Wrong Way" Kairis", and two names are inscribed under the cockpit window (covered by a sheet), a crewman called "Skipper" Schlemm and the crew chief, Technical Sergeant Joe Perisie. Handwritten caption on reverse: '487BG.'

42-52652

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bashful Marion
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron 839th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lansdale, Pennsylvania 29 October 1918 Son of Joseph T and Charlotte [Osterhout] Godshalk.

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA 9 June 1942 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died

17 May 1976

Buried

Whitemarsh Memorial Park Ambler, Montgomery County, PA 20 May 1976 Whitemarsh Memorial Park Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Based

Lavenham Assigned to 838BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/541171769
https://www.fold3.com/record/18275955/floyd-k-godshalk-social-security-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/86999175/floyd-k-godshalk-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128253278/floyd-k-godshalk

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/SchlemmCrew.shtml / relative ?

Floyd Kenneth Godshalk: Gallery (1 items)

Object number: UPL 49975 - B-24 42-52652 'Bashful Marion', 487BG with Schlemm...