Charles Andrew Blankinship

Military
Bacher crew UPL 63869 UPL 63869 Bacher crew:
Rear L-R: Walter Dinwiddie, George Edgar, Charles Monk, Gerson Bacher, Nathan Spungin.
Front L-R: Paul Bolduc, Charles Blankenship, William Curtis, Albin Markiewicz, Alfred Bain.

Object Number - UPL 63869 - Bacher crew: Rear L-R: Walter Dinwiddie, George Edgar, Charles Monk, Gerson Bacher, Nathan Spungin. Front L-R: Paul Bolduc, Charles Blankenship,...

Assigned to 835BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Member of Bacher crew.

 

Awards: AM (3OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Gerson Bacher
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32148733 / O-798231
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

31 October 1921

Enlisted

Toledo, Ohio 10 July 1942 Enlisted Toledo, Ohio

Other

Discharged

1 March 1970

Died

3 July 1981

Buried

Marion National Cemetery Marion, Indiana 6 July 1981 Interred Marion National Cemetery Marion, Indiana

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