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Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 23-May-44 in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5251
Awards: AM, PH.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner | 446th Bomb Group
Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bricy, FR in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'; bomb bay door became jammed in tail controls and A/C crashed SE of Ptay 23-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5251
Awards: AM (5OLC), PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 446th Bomb Group
Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Blackwood crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Bricy, FR in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'; bomb bay door became jammed in tail controls and A/C crashed SE of Ptay 23-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5251
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 446th Bomb Group
Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Blackwood crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Bricy, FR in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'; bomb bay door became jammed in tail controls and A/C crashed SE of Ptay 23-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5251
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 446th Bomb Group
Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Blackwood crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Bricy, FR in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'; bomb bay door became jammed in tail controls and A/C crashed SE of Ptay 23-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5251
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Military | Sergeant | Nose Gunner | 446th Bomb Group
Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Blackwood crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Bricy, FR in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'; bomb bay door became jammed in tail controls and A/C crashed SE of Ptay 23-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5251
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 446th Bomb Group
Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Blackwood crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Bricy, FR in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'; bomb bay door became jammed in tail controls and A/C crashed SE of Ptay 23-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5251
Awards: AM, PH.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 495th Fighter Training Group
Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission. crashed near Neuville-St Vaast in P-47 42-75839 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 3460
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 446th Bomb Group
Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Blackwood crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Bricy, FR in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'; bomb bay door became jammed in tail controls and A/C crashed SE of Ptay 23-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5251
Awards: PH.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 446th Bomb Group
Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Blackwood crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Bricy, FR in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'; bomb bay door became jammed in tail controls and A/C crashed SE of Ptay 23-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5251
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Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 446th Bomb Group
Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Blackwood crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Bricy, FR in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'; bomb bay door became jammed in tail controls and A/C crashed SE of Ptay 23-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5251
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Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 446th Bomb Group, who came to be known as "the Bungay Buckaroos" after the name of their Suffolk base, flew B-24 Liberators on strategic, support and interdictory missions over Europe. The Group led the Eighth Air Force and 2nd Bomb Division on the...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bricy, France; bombs released through closed bomb bay doors, part of which became jammed in tail controls causing A/C to crash SE of Ptay,France 23-May-44. 10 x KIA MACR 5251
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Military site : airfield
From late November 1943, the three bases of Bungay, Seething and Hardwick were the stations of the 20th Combat Wing of the Eighth Air Force. The base had previously housed individual squadrons of the 310th Bomb Group (Twelfth Air Force) and of the 93rd...
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| Born | Denver, Colorado, USA | 1920 |
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Son of Conover Blackwood. |
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| Based | Bungay | 1944 – 23 May 1944 |
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Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Patay, France | 23 May 1944 |
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Shot down 23-May-44 in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5251 |
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| Buried | Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | 1946 |
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Re-Interred |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 June 2020 21:46:17 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28653097 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 July 2016 09:45:32 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography and unit associations |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:14:10 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 5251 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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