Benjamin Paul Blaine Jr

Military
media-37282.jpeg UPL 37282 First Lieutenant Benjamin Paul Blaine Jr

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Object Number - UPL 37282 - First Lieutenant Benjamin Paul Blaine Jr

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8309) nicknamed "Ol' Buddy" of the 18th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Pete Gray was the aircraft's crew chief. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18th B.S. 34th BG. Pete Gray C/C.'

18th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group

34th Bomb Group

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

People

Stanley S Shein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

43-38216

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tempest Turner
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Notes written by B. Paul Blaine

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found in family photos

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newspaper, pictures, video made by Paul Blaine about his time in the service, prior to his death in 2004

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1996 34th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Benjamin Paul Blaine: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 37281 - B. Paul Blaine, Jr.

Object number: UPL 37282 - First Lieutenant Benjamin Paul Blaine Jr