Claude T Blanton

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-20435.jpeg UPL 20435

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Object Number - UPL 20435

Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #42-38176, Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38176

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Gaffney, South Carolina, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 29 May 1944

Buried

Memorialized at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten, the Netherlands

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date
ContributorLucy May
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5337

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ContributorA. van Erp
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www.wwiimemorial.com

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 5337 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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