Wayne K Blickenstaff
MilitaryAssigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. 133 missions and 457 combat hours. Credited with 10 victories in aerial combat, a double ace and an ace in day. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: SS, DSC, DFC (3 OLC), AM (7 OLC), Croix de Guerre, WWII Victory, EAME.
Ace in a day, his own words - http://toshmcintosh.com/2011/08/the-day-of-the-ace-by-wayne-blickenstaf…
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Soubrette
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Soubrette
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Soubrette Eradicator
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron 62nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Soubrette
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 355th Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron 354th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pomona, CA, USA | 25 June 1920 | Son of Perry H and Hazel [Lewis] Blickenstaff. |
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 28 January 1942 | |
Other Damaged E/A |
France | 1 December 1943 | Me109 damaged 1-Dec-43. |
Other Promotion |
Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK | 4 April 1944 | Promotion to Captain. |
Other Probable/damaged E/A |
Germany | 30 June 1944 | Me109 probable and Me109 damaged 30-Jun-44. |
Other Promotion |
Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK | 9 August 1944 | Promoted to Major. |
Other Destroyed E/A x 4 |
Brunswick, Germany | 27 November 1944 | Destroyed 4 x Fw190's in a single day. 27-Nov-44. http://www.spitfireperformance.com/mustang/combat-reports/353-blickenstaff-27nov44.jpg |
Other Destroyed E/A |
Berlin, Germany | 22 February 1945 | Destroyed 1 x Me262 to become an Ace. 22-Feb-45. http://www.spitfireperformance.com/mustang/combat-reports/353-blickenstaff-22feb45.jpg |
Other Promotion |
Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK | 7 March 1945 | Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. |
Other Destroyed E/A x 5 |
Kassel, Germany | 24 March 1945 | Destroyed 3 x Fw190's and 2 x Me109's in a single mission to become a double Ace. 24-Mar-45. http://www.spitfireperformance.com/mustang/combat-reports/353-blickenstaff-24march45.jpg |
Other Transferred |
Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK | 2 April 1945 | Transferred to HQ Sqn, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Charlotte, NC, USA | 23 December 2011 | |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | Completed Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
Chino, CA, USA | |||
Buried |
Charlotte, NC, USA |
Revisions
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Blickenstaff
http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=6029
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_353.php
https://353rdfightergroup.wordpress.com/350th-fs/
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/mustang/combat-reports.html
https://www.fold3.com/page/84973511_wayne_k%20blickenstaff/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/286327922_wayne_k%20blickenstaff/details/
http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Wayne…
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Blickenstaff
http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=6029
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_353.php
https://353rdfightergroup.wordpress.com/350th-fs/
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/mustang/combat-reports.html
https://www.fold3.com/page/84973511_wayne_k%20blickenstaff/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/286327922_wayne_k%20blickenstaff/details/
http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Wayne…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Fighter Aces of the U. S. A. and Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list