Donald Eugene Blodgett

Military

Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by flak and crashed at Diek on 29-Jun-44 in B-24 42-51095. Evaded (EVD) MACR 7092





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31090487 / O-691465
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shoo Shoo Baby
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Morrison, IL 11 September 1916 Son of William A and Alice C Blodgett.

Enlisted

Chicago, IL 31 August 1942 Chicago, Illinois

Other

Baled out EVD

29 June 1944 Shot down by flak and crashed at Diek on 29-Jun-44 in B-24 42-51095. Evaded (EVD) MACR 7092

Died

Sterling, IL 15 February 2000

Buried

Grove Hill Cemetery Morrison, Whiteside County, IL 20 February 2000 Grove Hill Cemetery Morrison, Whiteside County, IL