Daniel T Loyd

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) near Ecouche in P-47 42-25981 - says MACR 5577. US trial papers (case no 11-96) say he was shot to death while prisoner of war at St. Sulpice sur Risle, France, by an SS trooper. In an irregular drum-head court martial he had been charged of having strafed an ambulance and killed two wounded therein (which was untrue). The responsible SS officer was sentenced to death and hanged at Landsberg/Lech on 26/11/1948.





About Daniel Loyd from the book "Mémoires de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale dans

l'Eure" from a French Report, here the translation :



"Report about the murder of Lt D.T. Loyd, Aircraft serial 42-25981 The 10th June

1944 around 09:00am, an American aircraft was shot down by German DCA and

landed in the territory of Bois-Arnault (Eure), in a grassland belonging to Mr Costé.

The pilot : the Lieutenant D.T. LOYD, slightly injured when he force landed, was

captured and put back by Germans workers to a German SS Unit based in Rugles

and which the office was in the factory yard of Fourneau.



At that moment, the SS Officer Hugo Wolf seems to understand to Mr Jules Médo,

living in Rugles, that he will kill the American airman. Germans started to dig a grave

in the garden of Mr Médo. Following several protests and supplications from Mrs &

Miss Médo, the Germans decided to didn't execute their project in Fourneau but

taken Lt Loyd in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle, close to the crossroad of the Laigle road

and Butte-aux-Roches road, at the exact place where two of their Officers in convoy

were killed by the machine-gunning from Allied aircrafts.



There, the unfortunate American airman, aged of 21, ace of 16 victories (sic !) was

cowardly killed by H. Wolf, whereas he was a POW and need to be treated like this

with International agreements.



His flight jacket was conserved by a French Underground member, Mr Buchon,

hairdresser in Rugles, but was recovered to the house of XXX(secret in the report)

in Rugles, an Italian, well known for his relations with German Troops.



Officer Hugo Wolf lived in Rugles, he was assigned to the SS Company 58-286 G

(or 58-286 A). The chief of those two Units, Commandant Bremer, owner of the

RitterKreuz (Also known to be the responsible for the murder of the keep-hunter Mr

Franchet and his three sons and the farmer Mr Magnin) was lodged in the Castle of

Lesmeval, commune of Cheronvilliers, close to Rugles (Eure)".

Connections

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

10 June 1944

Born

Hollywood, California

Revisions

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Peter Randall - 78th FG D-Day List;

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About Daniel Loyd from the book "Mémoires de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale dans l'Eure" translated from a French Report. From http://www.ulongbeach.com/Loyd.html

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ContributorKauko56
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R&R paper, 11-96

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ContributorKauko56
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same as before

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ContributorKauko56
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Review and Recommendations paper in US case 11-96.

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
MACR 5577 ;
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5577 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list