Robert Albert Blankenburg
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 50806
B-17 42-30371 - 9 missions - MIA on Gdynia 9-10-43 (pilot Nagorka), 560BS, 388BG.
Rear L-R: Lester Baum, Francis Tierney, Gilbert Parker, Henry Nagorka.
Front L-R: Jack Harris, Claude Whitehead, Francis Antalek, Robert Blankenburg, Edward Christensen, Edward Keisler.
Rear L-R: Lester Baum, Francis Tierney, Gilbert Parker, Henry Nagorka.
Front L-R: Jack Harris, Claude Whitehead, Francis Antalek, Robert Blankenburg, Edward Christensen, Edward Keisler.
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Sep-43 in B-17 42-30030 'Old Ironsides'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base.
Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30214 'Iza Angel II'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3141
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733704
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Ironsides
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Iza Angel II
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 560th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, IL | 28 September 1915 | |
Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI | 25 June 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Died |
North Sea | 9 October 1943 | Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30214 'Iza Angel II'. Plane crashed into North Sea. KIA MACR 3141 |
Buried |
Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN | 24 February 1949 | Re-Interred Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Knettishall | 9 October 1943 | Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3141 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Roll of Honor; MACR 3141