Floyd Marion Pleasant Jr

Military

Assigned to 344BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid in B-24 42-40208 'Sad Sack' with William Banks crew. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 389th Bomb Group stand with a B-24 Liberator used as a Flight Assembly Ship. Image via Tim Bivens. Handwritten caption from Bivens: 'My friend remembers it being named "Bucksheesh Benny" that it was used to fly Jack Benny around USA shows. Says it flew in North Africa with Benny and was eventually assigned to 389th as a hack and later as a form-up ship. He thinks it was originally with another group (possibly 376th or 98th).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '389th BG Form-up ship.'

98th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-40208

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Sad Sack
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Craig, CO 11 September 1918 Son of Floyd Marion Sr and Bernice O Pleasant.

Enlisted

8 October 1941

Other

Discharged USAAF

2 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Dolores, Montezuma County, CO 28 September 1997

Other

Based

Benghazi, Libya Assigned to 344BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Montezuma County, CO Lebanon Cemetery Lebanon, Montezuma County, Colorado

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/538506241
https://www.fold3.com/image/191945083
https://www.fold3.com/record/84763470-floyd-m-pleasant-jr
https://www.fold3.com/record/622899295-floyd-pleasant-1918
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94217769/floyd-m_-pleasant