Floyd Herman Klay
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Biography by brother
Roy W. Klay
Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 42-30493. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734933
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34409065
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
United States | 24 December 1916 | Born Sardis Ohio |
Enlisted |
Ohio, USA | 2 April 1941 | Inducted 3 days after graduating college |
Other Killed in action |
Paris, France | 15 September 1943 | 9 members of crew KIA-one POW |
Buried Killed in Action (KIA) |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | 15 September 1943 |
Revisions
ContributorMaryklay
Changes
Sources
Original Selective Service Induction record , Family records, Biography written by brother Roy W.Klay
ContributorMaryklay
Changes
Sources
Original Selective Service Induction record , Family records, Biography written by brother Roy W.Klay
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 727 / MACR 727; Snetterton Falcons, pg 59 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database