Leroy V Blair
Military
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UPL 47399
1st LT Leroy V. Blair 379th Bomb Group
Photo from my personal collection.
Oct. 9, 1943 in the 'Stupefier' B-17F #42-29890 in which crew successfully crash landed in a field near the 379th BG.
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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
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner / Togglier / Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Madame Pisonyer aka Stupifier
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 526th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Sources
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "successfully" was misspelled.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, 1942-45; p. 157., Losses of the 8th & 9th AF Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p 320 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia