John Basil Blatz
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 45693
TSGT John Basil Blatz
Radio Operator
Paul E. Brown Crew
388th BG - 561st BS
Shot Down and severely burned 6 March 1944
Died of his wounds on 18 March 1944
Radio Operator
Paul E. Brown Crew
388th BG - 561st BS
Shot Down and severely burned 6 March 1944
Died of his wounds on 18 March 1944
On a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, another B-17 from the 388th went out of control after being attacked by fighters and collided with B-17G #42-40054 which exploded and crashed SE of Emmen, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA). Died of severe burns after crash.
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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People
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Missions
- Date: 30 December 1943
- Date: 22 December 1943
- Date: 20 December 1943
- Date: 16 December 1943
- Date: 13 December 1943
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Crystal City, MO | 10 December 1917 | |
Other Shot Down/WIA/Captured |
Veenschapsweg, Schoonebeek, Netherlands | 6 March 1944 | Severely burned when his a/c was attacked by German fighters and collided with 42-37886. |
Died |
Frankfurt, Germany | 18 March 1944 | Died of burns caused when his a/c was shot down 12 days earlier |
Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France Add to Map Plot E Row 4 Grave 31 | ||
St. Louis, MO | 4664 Kennerly Street |
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Sources
ABMC, MACR 3092, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia