John Anthony Blagg

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. media-395077.jpg FRE 5134 The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5134 - The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Crash landed at St Andre Le Cote, France on 10 December 1945. Pilot-Lewis R. Ahner Jr., Copilot-Weldon C. Bragg and Engineer-Frederick C. Miner were seriously injured. Navigator-Desire L. Massicotte, Radio Operator- Alexander W. Andrews, Passenger-John A. Blagg, Passenger-John P. Tarro and Passenger Norman D. DeClarke were killed.

Accident Report Number 45-12-10-503

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron
Bottom view of silver military airplane in flight.  The letters JD and C are painted on the side.  There is a triangle painted on the tail and a circle with a star in the middle is painted on the side and wing.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group 303rd Bomb Group

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

25 February 1943 Residence: Lawrence County, Ohio Private, Air Corps Enlisted Serial Number: 13121273

Other

Assigned

22 February 1945 Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #43 dated 22 February 1945 as crew pilot. 24 combat missions.

Born

Other

Killed in Service (KIS)

10 December 1945

Buried

Burial: Woodland Cemetery Coal Grove Lawrence County Ohio, USA Plot: Section C

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Merged with duplicate record to include information from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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National Enlisted Data Base

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AAIR 45-12-10-503 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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