John Anthony Blagg
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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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![B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group drop bombs over their target. Image stamped on reverse: 'US Official Photograph.' [stamp], 'Sacred.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 446 BG led by "Ronnie" unloading demolition + incendiaries on Rheine Marshalling Yards, 9 March 1945.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380571.jpg.webp?itok=36lZj_Ve)
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Enlisted |
25 February 1943 | Residence: Lawrence County, Ohio Private, Air Corps Enlisted Serial Number: 13121273 | |
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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. | |
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Other Killed in Service (KIS) |
10 December 1945 | ||
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Buried |
Burial: Woodland Cemetery Coal Grove Lawrence County Ohio, USA Plot: Section C |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate record to include information from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
AAIR 45-12-10-503 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database