Newton Miller Blough Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURKIA at Berlin in B-17 'Sitten Pretty' #446170 Crashed at Berlin on 3 Feb 45 in B-17 'Sitten Pretty' #446170 Tood a direct flak hit over the target. The #2 engine caught fire and witnesses saw the B-17 go into a shallow dive and pull outÉ
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14107097 / O-825055
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sittin' Pretty
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Jerome, Pennsylvania | 14 August 1925 | Son of Newton August and Nettie Florence [Miller] Blough. |
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Enlisted |
New Cumberland, PA | 3 February 1944 | |
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Died |
Berlin, Germany | 3 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 3-Feb-45 Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Buried |
Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery, Boswell, PA | Re-Interred Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery Boswell, Somerset County, PA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12155