John Allen Bloemendal
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. Test pilot on B-24J 42-50291 'Classy Chassis II' which had completed an air test, when hit be lightning in a thunderstorm, having aborted it's landing at base. A/C crashed into the Frekleton school and adjacent snack bar. Died non Battle (DNB)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Other
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Base Air Depot 2 Maintenance Division (Base Air Depot 2)
- Service Numbers: 38024249
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew Chief; Aerial Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Base Air Depot 2 Maintenance Division (Base Air Depot 2)
- Service Numbers: 34057501
- Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Classy Chassis II
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 832nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: BAD-2
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
St Paul, Minnesota | 1 June 1917 | Son of Hendrick Johan and Grace Elizabeth [Stroud] Bloemendal. |
Enlisted |
Minneapolis, MN | 25 March 1942 | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Died |
Freckleton, UK | 23 August 1944 | Killed aboard B-24 'Classy Chassis II', crashed Freckleton, UK 23-Aug-44. |
Buried |
25 August 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
Buried |
Elmhurst Cemetery Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN | Re-Interred Elmhurst Cemetery Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN | |
Based |
Warton | 23 August 1944 | Assigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84602695-john-a-bloemendal
https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=17126
https://laituk.org/B-24%2042-50291.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freckleton_air_disaster
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96729724/john-allen_lucas-bloemendal
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84602695-john-a-bloemendal
https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=17126
https://laituk.org/B-24%2042-50291.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freckleton_air_disaster
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96729724/john-allen_lucas-bloemendal
https://www.fold3.com/image/310762936
https://www.fold3.com/image/320476042
https://www.fold3.com/image/180292447
https://www.fold3.com/record/84602695-john-a-bloemendal
https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=17126
https://laituk.org/B-24%2042-50291.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freckleton_air_disaster
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96729724/john-allen_lucas-bloemendal
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia