Carl Herbert Blichmann

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 16505 - Carl H Blichmann

Direct hit by flak on a mission to Chateaudin airfield, FR on 28 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-32082 exploded, broke up, and crashed S of the target. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-32082

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Passionate Witch II
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Dubuque, Iowa, USA 12 March 1920

Died

28200 Châteaudun, France 28 March 1944

Buried

Lawler, IA, USA

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Killed in Action (KIA)

28200 Châteaudun, France 28 March 1944

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Niece

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I am Herbie's niece.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3488 / MACR 3488, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 16505 - Carl H Blichmann