Stanley W Lloyd

Military
media-37164.jpeg UPL 37164 "Lead crew of bombing mission to Anklam, Germany pose beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, England. 25 August 1944."

Rear L-R: 1lt William D Morgan, 1Lt Paul G. Hogan, 1Lt George H. Nance, 2Lt Thomas N. Kelly, 2Lt Robert Durley 'Quig' Quiggle, S/Sgt Lee W Frederick

Front L-R: Unk, T/Sgt Edward C Stemmle, S/Sgt Stanley W Lloyd, Unk, S/Sgt Theron M. Hayes

Unk; S/Sgt James R Caperton, S/Sgt James J. Gross

https://www.fold3.com/image/161279029

Object Number - UPL 37164 - "Lead crew of bombing mission to Anklam, Germany pose beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, England. 25 August...

Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Damaged by flak, causing loss of fuel, leading to ditching in channel on 23-Jul-44 in B-17 42-102960 RTD 32 x combat missions. ETD



Awards: DFC, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

People

William D Morgan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-528905
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102960

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

42-31483

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bonnie B
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Underwood, South Dakota 5 November 1921

Enlisted

Tacoma, WA 8 August 1942

Other

Ditched RTD

23 July 1944 Damaged by flak, causing loss of fuel, leading to ditching in channel on 23-Jul-44 in B-17 42-102960 RTD 32 x combat missions.

Died

Everett, WA 30 May 2010

Buried

Evergreen Cemetery, Everett, WA Evergreen Cemetery Everett, Snohomish County, WA

Born

Snohomish County, WA

Other

Education

Arlington, WA High School; Arlington High, Arlington, WA

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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http://www.303rdbg.com/rost-kl.html#L
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99495007/stanley-w-lloyd

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http://www.303rdbg.com/rost-kl.html#L
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99495007/stanley-w-lloyd

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / NO MACR #

Stanley W Lloyd: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 14814 - 303rd Bombardment "variations", unit name strip...

Object number: UPL 37122 - "Lt. Morgan and crew of the 359th Bomb Squadron...

Object number: UPL 37164 - "Lead crew of bombing mission to Anklam, Germany...