Glenn Adkins Blakemore

Military
media-51162.jpeg UPL 51162 Glenn Adkins Blakemore. 1956 Glenn Adkins Blakemore

Faculty photo from the 1956 yearbook of Wichita High School West, Wichita, Kansas

Object Number - UPL 51162 - Glenn Adkins Blakemore. 1956

Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 6-Mar-43 in B-17 42-5130 'Sweet Pea', while serving as Radio Operator.

The aircraft was on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. Flak caused damage to the aircraft and he baled out and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW) after evading for 11 months.

He married Helen Marie Conaghan in 1952. They had one son, David L Blakemore, who became an attorney. Glenn taught English, Speech, and Debate at Wichita High School West from the 1953 - 1954 school year until his retirement in 1983. He died 30-Oct-97 in Wichita, Kansas and was laid to rest 3-Nov-97 in Tonkawa Oklahoma.



Awards: POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11036064
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweet Pea
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Clarksville, Arkansas 7 June 1919 Son of Loren Everett and Glenn [Adkins] Blakemore.

Enlisted

7 January 1942

Other

Evaded Capture EVD

6 March 1943 Evaded capture for 11 months.

Other

Discharged USAAF

18 October 1945

Died

Wichita, Kansas 30 October 1997

Buried

Tonkawa IOOF Cemetery Tonkawa, Kay County, OK 3 November 1997 Tonkawa IOOF Cemetery Tonkawa, Kay County, Oklahoma

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychów, Poland 2 July 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Based

Knettishall 6 March 1943 Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Corrected typo

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Sources of birth, marriage, death, and teaching career are from records found on Ancestry.com.

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Middle name source: Glenn was named after his mother. Her maiden name was Glenn Adkins
Purple Heart source: inscription on his grave

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306th Echoes Oct'99

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Lee Cunningham 29-Jul-2015. Added Decoration and POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Added SN per MACR 15568;Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Edited Summary Biography with A/C model letter, unit association, crew position and target details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 15568, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 89, First Over Germany by Russell Strong pp. 74-6 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15568 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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