Floyd Ambrose Lauletta

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-17367.jpeg UPL 17367 Charles Kline Crew
801st BG - 850th BS

Standing Left to Right: Gerald H. Ransom (G), Jesse H. Snider (B), Richard J. Brace (N), Clyde H. Schultz (CP), Charles R. Kline (P), Floyd A Lauletta (G)

Kneeling Left to Right: Dana R. Wemette (G), Arthur G. Abate (G), George W. Odom (G), Warren L. Rock (G)

This crew (minus Odom and Ransom) were shot down on the night of July 4/5 1944. All aboard were KIA

801/492 website

Object Number - UPL 17367 - Charles Kline Crew 801st BG - 850th BS Standing Left to Right: Gerald H. Ransom (G), Jesse H. Snider (B), Richard J. Brace (N), Clyde H. Schultz...

Member of Kline crew. Killed in Action (KIA). B-24H AC 42-50386. Shot down and crashed NE of Paris. MACR 6991. B-24H Carpetbagger, 42-50386, shot down by ME 110 south of Paris at 0200hrs. T/O from Harrington, site of crash Les Trois Mares, Oise. Final interrment in Epinal Cemetary, France.



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Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-24D Liberator 'Carpetbagger' - extensively modified for specialised operations - taxiis on the perimeter track at Harrington airfield. Printed caption on reverse: 'A Carpetbagger B-24D taxiing on the perimeter at Harrington. Photo - "Red" Monaghan.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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: 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-693995
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Duluth, MN, USA 8 December 1922 Born Duluth, Minnesota

Enlisted

Fort Snelling, MN 55417, USA 7 December 1942

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Sth ofParis, France 4 July 1944 Killed in Action (KIA) Sth of fParis

Buried

Plot B Row 12 Grave 67

Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal ,France Re-Interred Epinal American Cemetery Epinal, France

Born

Duluth, MN, USA 829 West 4th Street

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Sources

490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Combat Chronology, USAAF SN Website,

href="http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm">http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm>; Losses of the 8th AF, vol4 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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