Jack Frederick Blackham
Military
Back row (l-r): Carroll Forister, Ernie Woelfel, Jack Blackham, and Len Bialas
Front row (l-r): Bob Bice, Ken Humphreys, and Francis Rowley.
Object Number - UPL 40511 - B-24 44-40458 'Picadilly Tilly' 34BG, 8AF. Shown with the Bice Crew. Back row (l-r): Carroll Forister, Ernie Woelfel, Jack Blackham, and Len...
Assigned to 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Survived 7-Jun-44 mission in B-24 42-94911 'Sweet Sioux'; enemy intruder A/C followed bomber stream back to base, shooting down A/C. Crashed off base near Wetheringsett, Baled out. Returned to Duty (RTD)
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36049042 / O-811349
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sweet Sioux
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Picadilly Tilly
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron 4th Bomb Squadron 7th Bomb Squadron 861st Bomb Squadron 485th Bomb Group 828th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
El Paso, TX | 23 October 1923 | Son of Samuel Blackham and Anna [Doucette] Raymer. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Bliss, el Paso, TX | 28 December 1942 | Fort Bliss el Paso Texas |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
3 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Enlisted |
28 May 1951 | Re-enlisted. | |
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Other Discharged USAF |
27 February 1953 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
El Paso, TX | 6 May 2000 | |
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Buried |
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, TX | 9 May 2000 | Fort Bliss National Cemetery El Paso, El Paso County, Texas |
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Based |
Mendlesham | Assigned to 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/60059714-jack-f-blackham
https://www.fold3.com/record/90361771-jack-f-blackham
https://www.fold3.com/record/627223040-jack-blackham-1923
http://valortovictory.tripod.com/1944-06.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12401536/jack-fredrick-blackham
Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
