Samuel E Blessing
MilitaryB-24 pilot Capt. Samual Blessing overshot the the approach and ran off the end of the runway and collapsing the nose wheel upon return from a mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR in the B-24D, 42-40751, Touch of Texas. RTD. Earlier, as copilot, 19 Jul 43 while TDY to the 9th Air Force, in the B-24D, 42-40665, Ten High, was attacked by fighters. The crew bailed out near Malta. FTR. 19 Jul 44
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- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey pp. 185