Fount Bartley
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 41-29513. Returned to base.
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Thomas Loyd Bartley
Military
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Thomas L. Bartley
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Thomas L. and Fount B. Bartley being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
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15-June-1944 Left to Right Top: David Appenzellar, Observer; Eddie Rosenburg, Navigator; Tom Smith, Co-Pilot; Richard R Hruby, Pilot; Herman Flugman, Bombardier; Doc Blanchard, Radio Operator/Gunner L-R Bottom Robert Petkoff, Tail Gunner; Fount Bartley, Right Waist Gunner; Lloyd Bartley, Left Waist Gunner; Cletus Clark, Top Turret Gunner; Dog “Malfunction.”
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 41-29513. Returned to base.
Lloyd was the twin of Boyd both gunners with 506th Sqdn 44th BG. and unusually by their own request - both serving on Lt. Hruby's crew. When the plane was downed in the North Sea and they were rescued by the Royal Navy one British seaman administering the 'rubdowns' couldn't believe his eyes thinking he'd attended the same man twice over.
Service
People
Units served with
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44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Group
The 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 15-January-1942 at McDill Field, Florida and equipped with B-24Cs. The Group moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana and acted as a training unit for the 90th 93rd and 98th Bomb Groups and flew anti... -
506th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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36-149
B-17 Flying Fortress
The initial flight of the aircraft took place on 2-Dec-36, but with Stan Umstead, five days later nosed over during landed but was not too badly damaged. Delivered 49BS/2BG Langley 1-Mar-37; 4000 Base Unit Wright Fd 1938; transferred 19BG March Fd, Oct... -
41-29513 Silver Haired Daddy
B-24 Liberator
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42-95209 Sabrina III
B-24 Liberator
Sabrina III, #42-95209, 506 Sq. was built at the Ford Willow Run plant and first flown in combat by the Richard Hruby crew. Her 106 missions were an amazing record for any B-24 at a time when 15 missions were about average. ...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Indiahoma, Oklahoma | 17 May 1922 |
| Died | Sand Springs, OK | 2 August 1995 |
Revisions
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| 08 April 2021 03:10:25 | Adam Bartley | Changes to service number |
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AAF |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 April 2021 03:05:08 | Adam Bartley | Changes to events |
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Grandfather |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 April 2021 02:02:16 | Adam Bartley | Changes to awards |
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Grandfather |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 April 2021 21:22:50 | Adam Bartley | Changes to nickname |
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Grandfather |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 April 2021 21:12:26 | Adam Bartley | Changes to middlename, awards, events and aircraft associations |
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11777450/thomas-loyd-bartley |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 04 December 2019 14:50:38 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to middlename, biography and aircraft associations |
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Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from correspondence files and articles related to the service of Thomas Lloyd Bartley. |
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| 27 September 2014 18:26:03 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor |
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