Delbert Foster Blount

Military

Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached Service with 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) penetration mission to Kempten, post combat suffered mechanical failure. Headed for Switzerland baling out near Kempten, Germany in P-51D 44-13807. 21-Jul-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 6846.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-13807

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Leiston

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Highland County, OH, USA 25 October 1918 Son of John a and Nelle N Blount.

Enlisted

Maxwell Blvd, Montgomery, AL, USA 7 January 1941 Maxwell Field Montgomery Alabama

Based

Leiston 25 March 1944 - 21 July 1944 Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Leiston IP16, UK 21 June 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Detached Service (DS)

Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK 10 July 1944 - 15 July 1944 Detached Service with 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Mechanical Failure / Baled out

Kempten, Germany 21 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) penetration mission to Kempten, post combat suffered mechanical failure. Headed for Switzerland baling out near Kempten, Germany in P-51D 44-13807. 21-Jul-44 POW. MACR 6846.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 21 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Cocke County, TN, USA 7 November 1981
Hillsboro, OH 45133, USA

Other

Crashed

Leiston IP16, UK Crashed due to battle damage on return from sweep of area in Holland in a P-38J. Leiston. Apr-44.

Buried

Newport, TN 37821, USA Union Cemetery Newport Cocke County Tennessee, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6846 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database