Jonas Le Moyne Blank
Military
UPL 61379
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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Units served with
- 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 |
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 |
Died |
Viera, Florida | 16 July 2015 | Died Viera, Brevard County, Florida |
Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia | 19 July 2015 | Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia |
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