Doyle Herman Blankenship
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Back L-R: SSgt. Ralph Voorhees (FG), SSgt. Doye Blankenship (FG), unidentified 1, SSgt. Fillman Thurman (BT), unidentified 2.
Middle L-R: Lt. Col William Buck (CA/CP), Capt. Eugene Wilson (N), 1st Lt. William Kinney (B).
Front L-R: TSgt. Alvin Renfro (TT), TSgt. George Carroll (RO), Capt. Lloyd Armstrong (P).
To Be Identified: 2nd Lt. Joseph Lewis (N), 2nd Lt. Everett Bailey (OBS/TG.
Robert Bletscher Collection, 2011. https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/36371/category/LeadCrews
Object Number - UPL 67483 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 18 March 1944/Oberpfaffenhofen (Aircraft Plant). Back L-R: SSgt. Ralph Voorhees (FG), SSgt. Doye Blankenship (FG),...
Shot down by flak burst and crashed N of St Pol, FR on a mission to Wizernes, FR on 19 Mar 1944 in B-17G 42-31926 'Lovell's Hovel'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802209
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mairsy Doats
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lovell's Hovel
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Eleanor Maureen : Bermondsey
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 34th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Joker
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Missions

- Date: 19 March 1944

- Date: 18 March 1944

- Date: 9 March 1944
![A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group return to base after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31761) nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge". Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial for Censor.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '310673.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'BACK FROM BERLIN. Scenes this week at a Bomber station of the U.S. Air Force , somewhere in England. The crew of the Flying Fortress "Rotherhithe's Revenge", a British subscribed ship](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-380068.jpg?itok=opXikiTs)
- Date: 8 March 1944

- Date: 2 March 1944
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Roanoke, VA | 18 September 1942 | |
Born |
Redwood, Virginia, USA | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Wavrans-sur-Ternoise, France | 19 March 1944 | Aircraft hit by flak immediately after bombs away; later observed spiraling down with flames pouring from all parts of aircraft; four chutes emerged, with one on fire; crashed near Wavrans-sur-Ternoise, a very small village, near a larger town called St Pol-sur-Ternoise, France. MACR 3242 |
Buried |
Glade Hill, VA | Crafts Methodist Church Cemetery Glade Hill, Virginia, USA |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3242 / MACR 3242, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database