Harry Leon Blystone

Military
media-49390.jpeg UPL 49390 2nd Lt Harry L Blystone, 83FS, 78FG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 49390 - 2nd Lt Harry L Blystone, 83FS, 78FG

Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. 88 x combat missions. Transferred to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x battle star).

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Erie County, PA, USA 30 October 1918 Son of Leon George and Mary Ellen [Buck] Blystone.

Enlisted

Chicago, IL, USA 12 June 1941 Chicago, Illinois

Other

Transferred

Atcham, Shrewsbury, UK 10 August 1944 Transferred to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Ocala, FL, USA 10 May 1996

Based

Duxford 10 August 1944 Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.
Girard, PA, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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