John Anthony Blagg
Military ROLL OF HONOURIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Crash landed at St Andre Le Cote, France on 10 December 1945. Pilot-Lewis R. Ahner Jr., Copilot-Weldon C. Bragg and Engineer-Frederick C. Miner were seriously injured. Navigator-Desire L. Massicotte, Radio Operator- Alexander W. Andrews, Passenger-John A. Blagg, Passenger-John P. Tarro and Passenger Norman D. DeClarke were killed.
Accident Report Number 45-12-10-503
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35533333
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-786366
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Globe Trotter
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Blinkin' Betsy
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ole Tulik
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 April 1945
- Date: 7 April 1945
- Date: 6 April 1945
- Date: 4 April 1945
- Date: 31 March 1945
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
25 February 1943 | Residence: Lawrence County, Ohio Private, Air Corps Enlisted Serial Number: 13121273 | |
Other Assigned |
22 February 1945 | Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #43 dated 22 February 1945 as crew pilot. 24 combat missions. | |
Born |
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Other Killed in Service (KIS) |
10 December 1945 | ||
Buried |
Burial: Woodland Cemetery Coal Grove Lawrence County Ohio, USA Plot: Section C |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate record to include information from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
AAIR 45-12-10-503 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database