Charles V Blondell
Military ROLL OF HONOURTransferred associations not depicted in photo to person record
Charles "Chuck" was one of 9 children born to immigrant farmers from Belgium.
After the bomb run the aircraft was hit by ME109's and a fighter rammed it breaking the wing in half. The plane blew up and was disintegrated in midair with two survivors.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
5 January 1944 | ||
Born |
Hecter, Minnesota, USA | ||
Buried |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 5 January 1944 |
Revisions
Carried over edits made by user 'Slistul' (https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/34307) to a record for a different airman with the same name (https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/29787).
'Slistul' is Sarah Berglund Listul (grand-daughter of Chuck's brother, Henry).
379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 291 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1944 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database