Blair Francis Stragand
Military
Standing:
S/Sgt Lubinsky
T/Sgt Cream [Crean]
S/Sgt Moore
S/Sgt Lyman
S/Sgt Wilkenson [Wilkinson]
T/Sgt Homolka
Kneeling:
2/Lt Kemp
2/Lt Stragand
2/Lt Barger
1/Lt Jennings
Standard
Object Number - UPL 26813 - Crew of the 550th Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group, 16 September 1943. (Nan B) Standing: S/Sgt Lubinsky T/Sgt Cream [Crean] S/Sgt Moore S/Sgt...
Blair F Strangand served as a navigator with the 550th Bomb Squadron of the 385th Bomb Group out of Great Ashfield, England. On 11 December 1943, he was flying in B-17 42-30168 Slo Jo when it was shot down. Stragand was taken as a prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Dunkirk, IN, USA | 15 November 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Baer Field, Fort Wayne, IN, USA | 20 March 1942 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 11 December 1943 | |
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Died |
Dayton, OH, USA | 6 August 1992 | |
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Buried |
Miamisburg, OH, USA | At Highland Memorial Cemetery Findagrave.com 142903670 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1666 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
