John Allen Bloemendal

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. Test pilot on B-24J 42-50291 'Classy Chassis II' which had completed an air test, when hit be lightning in a thunderstorm, having aborted it's landing at base. A/C crashed into the Frekleton school and adjacent snack bar. Died non Battle (DNB)



Awards: PH.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 2 Maintenance Division (Base Air Depot 2)
  • Service Numbers: 38024249
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief; Aerial Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 2 Maintenance Division (Base Air Depot 2)
  • Service Numbers: 34057501
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Classy Chassis II
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 832nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Warton airfield looking north, the Ribble Estuary is on the left, 22 June 1949. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/255. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: BAD-2

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

St Paul, Minnesota 1 June 1917 Son of Hendrick Johan and Grace Elizabeth [Stroud] Bloemendal.

Enlisted

Minneapolis, MN 25 March 1942 Minneapolis, Minnesota

Died

Freckleton, UK 23 August 1944 Killed aboard B-24 'Classy Chassis II', crashed Freckleton, UK 23-Aug-44.

Buried

25 August 1944 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Buried

Elmhurst Cemetery Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN Re-Interred Elmhurst Cemetery Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Based

Warton 23 August 1944 Assigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF.