John D Bloznelis

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Dead reckoning Navigator on B-24H 41-28764. Ditched in North Sea. 29-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA). Body not recovered.



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-28784

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Albany, NY, USA 8 May 1942

Died

North Sea 29 April 1944 Dead reckoning Navigator on B-24H 41-28764. Ditched in North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Greene County, NY, USA

Based

Hethel 29 April 1944 Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing

Born

New York, NY, USA

Revisions

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Sources

Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia