Jack M Bliss

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Jack Bliss served as a navigator with the 490th Bomb Group. He was later transferred to the 492nd/801st Bomb Group.



Bliss was killed when his aircraft B-24 42-94841 crashed into a mountainside in England.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-94841

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sack Time
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

9 October 1944

Buried

Plot E Row 2 Grave 22
California, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from a duplicate record. Source:
490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

See also: http://abmc.gov/node/538905#.V2J_0k32aM8

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / book: 'I Come From California'