James W Blackburn

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-50151.jpeg UPL 50151 LT JAMES W BLACKBURN, PILOT , 489th BG: KIA 25 JUNE 1944

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Object Number - UPL 50151 - LT JAMES W BLACKBURN, PILOT , 489th BG: KIA 25 JUNE 1944

Shot down by flak and Crashed near Paris in B-24 'Snafu' #4294909 Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.

489th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-94909

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

25 June 1944

Born

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

France 25 June 1944

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He was my uncle.

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James W. Blackburn was my uncle. I am named after him.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6241 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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