Leonard W Blednick

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Leonard W Blednick UPL 63480 UPL 63480 Leonard W Blednick

Internet Photo - 458th Bomb Group Facebook Page

Object Number - UPL 63480 - Leonard W Blednick

Shot down by fighters and crashed S of the Hoever, Luneberg, Germany area on a mission to Berlin on 22 Mar 1944 in B-24H 41-28678. On bale out signal, found that his chute and harness had the same fixing system, so was unable to bale out. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3555.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-24H Liberator (J3-M, serial number 41-28678) of the 755th Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group lands at Horsham St. Faith , March 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24H of 458th Bomb Group landing at Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk in late March 1944. 6 Foot Dix.' Second handwritten on reverse: '458 B.G., 8th Air Force.' Printed caption on reverse: '81779 AC - Consolidated B-24 of 458th Bomb Group arrives at air base somewhere in England after completing 200th mission, 1944. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

41-28678

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pittsburgh, PA, USA 30 August 1919

Enlisted

Pennsylvania, USA 16 July 1941

Died

Höver, 31319 Sehnde, Germany 22 March 1944 Shot down by fighters and crashed S of the Hoever, Luneberg, Germany area on a mission to Berlin on 22 Mar 1944 in B-24H 41-28678. Killed in Action (KIA).

Buried

Höver, 31319 Sehnde, Germany 24 March 1944 Cemetery in Höver, Germany

Born

Swissvale, Pennsylvania, USA

Buried

Braddock, PA 15104, USA All Saints Braddock Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA.

Other

Assigned

Horsham St Faith, Norwich NR10, UK 22 March 1944 Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF.

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Internet Photo - 458th Bomb Group Face Book Page

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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=3555&Submit=Go
http://www.458bg.com/crew72dunlevie.htm
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Blednick&GSfn=Leo…;

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3555 / MACR 3555, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 273 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 63480 - Leonard W Blednick