The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Lloyd V Venables

817th

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Rank
TSGT (29 August 1944)
Hometown
St. Louis MO
Also written
Lloyd Venables
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. another record shares the name Venables, Lloyd V (units HQ, 817th, , 817th, 817th, 817th, serials None, None, None, None, None, 6919373); may be the same man

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
29 August 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster2937TSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 35 · 18 July 1944
AFPPA-12
CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
Lloyd V. Venables
1. Your name
Rank T/Sgt. Serial No. 6919373
2. Organization 483 B Go Commander Barton Rank Col. Sqn CO Gorman Rank Cart.
(full name)
(full name)
3. What year 1944
month July
day
18 did you go down?
4. What was the mission, Mammingen, Gw., target, Airdrome
, target
time, 11 A.M. Aprox. altitude, 23, 000Pt.
route scheduled, unknown
,route flown Slight Deviation due to weather
5. Where were you when you left formation Number 3 Pos. Third Box on Bomb run
6. Did you bail out?
Yes
7. Did other members of crew bail out?
Yes
8. Tell all you know about when, where, how each person in your aircraft for whom no
individual questionnaire is attached bailed out. A crew list 18 attached. Please
give facts. If you don't know, say: "No Knowledge". All other crew members
bailed out safely and were captured soon thereafter. They were: Myers,
Smith, LaHurd, Stien, ibverspike, May, Marlin and Papmanoli, Also mysèèf
9. Where did your aircraft strike the ground?
unknosm
10.
What members of you. crew were in the aircraft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with 8 above and individual questionnaires) Davenport is believed to
have been, although it is not certain.
11. Where were they in aircraft? He is believed to have been in the tail pos.
12. What was their condition? Apparently dead or critically wounded
13. When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
cribed above?
I last saw the rest of the crew members as
P.O. W, As and to the best of my knowledge they have all been returned to
tha United Statas sinca VE day.
14. Please give any similar information on personnel of any other crew of which you
have knowledge. Indicate source of information. None known
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862, AF

National Archives, MACR 6977, page 35 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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