Richard William Blake
MilitaryAssigned 93TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) glider re-supply mission to Bastogne. Prisoner of War (POW). 27-Dec-44. MACR 11181.
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: CG-4A Haig
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Smeatharpe
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Boone County, IL, USA | 6 September 1921 | Son of William M and Sylvia E [Ferguson] Blake. |
Enlisted |
Chicago, Illinois, USA | 16 September 1941 | |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Morhet, 6640 Vaux-sur-Sûre, Belgium | 27 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) glider re-supply mission to Bastogne. POW. 27-Dec-44. MACR 11181. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 27 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
Belvidere, IL 61008, USA | 12 February 2012 | |
Based |
Upottery | 27 December 1944 | Assigned 93TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Belvidere, IL 61008, USA | Interred Highland Garden of Memories Belvidere Boone County Illinois, USA |