John L Trujillo
Military
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Object Number - UPL 20970 - John l trujillo
B-17 #42-29766 'Black Heart' on June 13, 1943 suffered fighter damage killing RWG Paubionsky. 19 Aug 1943 Black Heart Jr. 42-30152 caught fire with explosions. Crew bailed out and returned.
This was my grandfather, he was a tail gunner on the original Blackheart and then the Blackheart Jr. He has one confirmed "kill", a ME-210. He lived in Santa Fe NM and died there in a house fire in 1991.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Berkeley, CA, USA | 11 September 1942 | |
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Based |
Snetterton Heath | ||
| Santa Fe, NM, USA | |||
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Died |
Santa Fe, NM, USA | Died in a house fire | |
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Born |
Revisions
NARA enlistment record: http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=929&mtch=1&tf=F&q=truj…
1Funnykat - do you or your family have a photo of your grandfather that you could upload and associate to his record?
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop and Hey p. 154, 252; Snetterton Falcons, pg 51-52
