Allan Blossman
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30046 'Merrie Hell', Killed in Action (KIA).
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Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30046 'Merrie Hell', Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report #289.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30046 'Merrie Hell', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30046 'Merrie Hell. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30046 'Merrie Hell', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30046 'Merrie Hell', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30046 'Merrie Hell.' Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report #289
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30046 'Merrie Hell', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30046 'Merrie Hell', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 42-30046 'Merrie Hell. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30046 'Merrie Hell', Killed in Action (KIA).
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 20/5/43; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-K] Grafton Underwood 24/5/43; Missing in Action Recklinghausen 12/8/43 with Ernest J. Sierens - body never found, Co-pilot: Joel M. Acker Jr.,...
12 August 1943
This mission is separated into two elements. The first element is a combined force of 183 B-17s from 1st Bomb Division: 91BG (22); 92BG (19); 303BG (20); 305BG (20); 306BG (20); 351BG (21); 379BG (21); 381BG (20); and 384BG (20) are dispatched to bomb...
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Belton, SC 29627, USA | 9 March 1915 |
Enlisted | Charlotte, NC, USA | 25 February 1942 |
Residence: Mecklemburg County, North Carolina |
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Assigned | 28 June 1943 | |
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squasdron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #38 dated 28 June 1943, Ernest J. Sierens Crew. 7 combat missions. |
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Killed in Action (KIA) | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 12 August 1943 |
Buried | Netherlands American Cemetery | |
Plot N Row 18 Grave 14 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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24 December 2020 20:04:36 | jmoore43 | Changes to service number and events |
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Added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56296198. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
24 December 2020 19:55:57 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography and events |
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Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
06 January 2017 02:25:02 | bombercommand | Changes to media associations |
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21 June 2016 14:00:38 | Lucy May | Changes to middlename |
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384th BG's list of personnel who were Killed in Action: http://www.384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/KIAList.php |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
16 June 2015 19:11:07 | bombercommand | Changes to awards |
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=50 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
16 June 2015 19:09:10 | bombercommand | Changes to biography and events |
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56296198 http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&tf=... |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
18 February 2015 00:13:11 | bombercommand | Changes to suffix, service number, biography, events, person associations, place associations, mission associations and media associations |
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384thbombgroup.com |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:15:22 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 289 / MACR 289, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=a... / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |