Robert A Blomberg
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
445th Bomb Group
700th Bomb Squadron
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Object Number - UPL 28037 - Robert A Blomberg 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
Shot down by fighters and crashed near Hardenburg, Holland on a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7567 'Wacky Donald'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34118802
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12155930
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-687967
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | 3 August 1921 | |
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Died |
24 February 1944 | ||
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Buried |
Lakewood Cemetery | Re-interred at the conclusion of WW2 |
Revisions
Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe by Robert Matzen, p 234 (Gotha 1)
Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe by Robert Matzen, pp 218-221 (Gilze-Rijen)
Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe, Section # 28 Baptism, page unknown
Matzen, Robert D. Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the fight for Europe. Pittsburgh, PA: GoodKnight , 2016. Print.
http://www.8thafhs.org
From a group photo on the 8th Air Force (Historical Society) website
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2553 / MACR 2553, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database