Eugene C Blum

Military

After being shot up shortly after bombs away on a bombing mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR on 11 Feb 1944, B-17G #42-39810 'Big A Bird' crashed at Horsmonden, Kent when trying to reach RAF Station West Malling. RTD. Injured in crash.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-39810

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big `a’ bird, special delivery
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 81., Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces