Fred Ervin Blaney Jr
Military
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UPL 54838
1LT Fred Ervin Blaney
Pilot
340th BG - 486th BS - 12th AF
KIA 12 Sept 1943
Pilot
340th BG - 486th BS - 12th AF
KIA 12 Sept 1943
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Comiso Airport
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Kabrit
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Sfax-Thyna Airport
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Kittanning, PA | 10 May 1920 | |
Kittanning, PA | 17 July 1941 | 151 South Water Street Worked for the Pennsylvania State Fish Hatchery | |
Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 18 December 1941 | |
Died |
Southern Italy | 12 September 1943 | On an early morning mission against Corleto, which our 12-plane mission bombed effectively, the plane of Lt. Blaney [1st Lt. Fred E. Blaney, Jr.] ran out of fuel. He heroically continued to fly the ship one one engine while the crew bailed out. Time and again the plane dived uncontrollably, delaying the exit of the crew members, but finally all were out save Lt. Blaney. Then it was too late, the plane being right down on the mountain side. He was killed in the crash. B-25C 42-53478 |
Buried |
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial | Plot D Row 7 Grave 39 Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Piazzale Kennedy, 1 00048 Italy |
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Sources
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http://57thbombwing.com/340th_History/340th_Diary/9_September1943.pdf