Jonas Le Moyne Blank
Military
Object Number - UPL 61379 - Major General Jonas L. Blank
Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Moosbeirbaum, Austria 28-Aug-44 in B-17 42-97913. POW
Awards: LOM, DFC, AM (3OLC), PH, POW, AF Commendation (OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory
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![Seen through a 433rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress' strike camera, a 816th Bomb Squadron B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5786) nicknamed "Whizzer II" goes down over Nis in Yugoslavia on the 15th of April 1944 in a gout of flame after taking a direct flak hit. There were no survivors. Official caption on image: "(483BG:4M3:2VI) (4:15:1208) (24:21300) ([south-west arrow] 140 [degrees]) (Nis M/Y Yugo) (Ship 111 816 Sq)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15/4/44. 483BG, 15AF. Nis, Yugoslavia. 42-5786](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-457805.jpg.webp?itok=YT0rrjph)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 815th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 19116648 / O-700087
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Greensburg, Pennsylvania | 9 April 1921 | Born Greensburg, Pennsylvania |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft III, Zagan Poland | 28 August 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft III |
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Died |
Viera, Florida | 16 July 2015 | Died Viera, Brevard County, Florida |
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Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia | 19 July 2015 | Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia |
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