Donald F Blaicher

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. 126Hrs on type having transferred from bombers. Flying accident in P-51D 44-14805 at Eye/Sta 134 12-Jul-45. Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA).



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-14805

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Upupa Epops! / Shirley Dean
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Missouri, USA 3 February 1923 Son of Frederick J and Teresa Blaicher.

Enlisted

Tulsa, OK, USA 12 November 1942

Based

Eye 15 April 1945 - 12 July 1945 Assigned to 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Transferred

Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK 27 April 1945 - 12 July 1945 Transferred to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Eye, UK 12 July 1945 Flying accident in P-51D 44-14805 at Eye/Sta 134 12-Jul-45. Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA).

Buried

13 July 1945 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Buried

Lake St Louis, MO, USA Re-InterredCalvary Cemetery Saint Louis St. Louis City Missouri, USA Section 024, Lot 0343
Tulsa County, OK, USA

Revisions

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Archdiocese of St. Louis; Application for Military Grave Marker

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353rd unit history / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia