Wendell Walker Blickensderfer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 16451
Crashed in F-5B #42-67378 on 19 Jan 1944 near West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire for unknown reasons while on cross country flight from Honington to Mt Farm. Killed in Action (KIA). Posthumously promoted to 1 LT.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
![Photographic officers of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group look through camera lenses infront of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Esten Illustrated.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 8 Jul 1943.' [stamp] and '273528.' [Censor no.]. A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380976.jpg.webp?itok=b-IRYuYJ)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Columbus, Mississippi | 26 July 1942 | Columbus AAF |
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Other Promoted |
Colorado Springs, CO | 30 August 1943 | Promoted to 2nd LT. |
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Other Combat Mission |
Coxyde, Belgium | 24 September 1943 | Dunkirk, Gravelines, Calais, Coxyde F-5A 42-12981 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Abbeville, France | 3 November 1943 | Abbeville/Drucat, Yvrench, Le Crotoy, Estres le Crecy, Evereaux A/F's F-5A 42-13320 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Nantes, France | 1 December 1943 | F-5A 42-13316 |
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Other Combat Mission |
around St. Calais, France | 3 December 1943 | strips east of LeMans, west of Blois and north of Manchenoir |
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Other Combat Mission |
St. Omer, France | 31 December 1943 | Norrent/Fontes, St. Omer, Ft. Rouge, Longeunesse A/F, Dunkirk F-5A 42-13303 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Southwest Belgium | 4 January 1944 | Strips west of Ostende, NE Lille to south of Ghent/Bruges to west of Zeebrugge, Coxyde/Furness A/F F-5 42-67322 |
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Other Combat Mission |
6 January 1944 | F-5 42-67345 | |
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Other Combat Mission |
Paris, France | 7 January 1944 | Paris/Ivry, Strip east of Rosen to east of Dieppe Spitfire XI MB950 |
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Died |
West Wycombe, UK | 19 January 1944 | Killed on a ferry flight from Honington to Mt. Farm due to inclement weather. Crashed into the signal box at West Wycombe train station |
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Buried |
23 January 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Plot D Row 3 Grave 93 | |
| Tuscarawas County, Ohio | |||
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Born |
Tuscarwas County, Ohio |
Revisions
http://aircrewremembered.com/blickensderfer-wendell.html
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8939&h=3351834…
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9170/42861_647350_0536-01986?pid=8…
"Eyes of The Eighth" - Patricia Fussell Keen
pages 318-322
7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
