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BROOKS, Lloyd Roswell - Date of
birth
25 August 1921 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Simpson County, Mississippi -
Hometown
Magee, Simpson County, Mississippi
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34421576 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
412th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
29 July 1944 - Place of
death
Near Lathen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Frank M. Brooks (father)
Thelma (Calhoun) Brooks (mother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30150 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Exterminator
Destination: Oschersleben, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Ago / Focke-Wulf - aircraft industry
MACR: 214
More information
S/Sgt Lloyd R. Brooks attended college and was an attendant.He enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, on 31 August 1942.
The airplane was attacked by enemy aircraft and exploded. According to witnesses, one parachute was seen to open. The entire crew of ten was killed and is remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten. Their remains were never found.
The mission took place on 28 July 1943. The entire crew was officially declared dead one year and one day later.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.archives.gov, www.newspapers.com - Clarion-Ledger
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Jamie Parks, Frances Meadows, Johan Biesmans