Joseph A Blinebury | American Air Museum

Joseph A Blinebury Sr

Military

Returned from mission 15 February 1945 in plane #44-8590.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Insignia associated with the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force.

358th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-8590

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Fearless Fosdick
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of the east end of Molesworth airfield looking north, the control tower and two T2 hangars are right of the vertical runway, 5 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/889. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Molesworth

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date26 Oct 2023 21:26:24

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography".

Added an Association to “Molesworth”, the home base of the 303rd BG.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:03

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Combat Chronology Supplement p. 192 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia