Walter L Bliven Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) on 4-Mar-43 in B-17F 41-24512 'Rose O' Day', 91BG/322BS while serving as Waist Gunner. The aircraft was repeadely attacked by German fighters and was seen to have the #2 engine on fire. The surviving crew were arderd to bale out over the southern tip of Texel Island, Holland by many, including SSGT Bliven came down in the sea and were lost. The aircraft crashed into North Sea just west of the southern tip of Texel Island, Holland. on 4 March 1943. Sergeant Bliven's body was washed ashore near Oudeschild on 4 March 43 but no burial information was found. It is possible that the Dutch or Germans buried his remains at Oudeschild, Holland.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rose ODay
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Texel, Netherlands 4 March 1943 Killed when the aircraft was attacekd by German fighters and crashed into the North Sea just west of the tip of Texel Island, Holland.

Born

Newport County, Rhode Island

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 23-Jun-2015. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added KIA event per MACR 3721; Edited Summay Biography with loss detail and converted dates to military-style signification per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, pp. 87-88, MACR 3721 The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourne by Havelaar p.236