John Basil Blatz

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media-45693.jpeg UPL 45693 TSGT John Basil Blatz
Radio Operator
Paul E. Brown Crew
388th BG - 561st BS
Shot Down and severely burned 6 March 1944
Died of his wounds on 18 March 1944

Object Number - UPL 45693 - TSGT John Basil Blatz Radio Operator Paul E. Brown Crew 388th BG - 561st BS Shot Down and severely burned 6 March 1944 Died of his wounds on 18...

On a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, another B-17 from the 388th went out of control after being attacked by fighters and collided with B-17G #42-40054 which exploded and crashed SE of Emmen, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA). Died of severe burns after crash.

AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-675160
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-798560
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old 66 / Lady Margaret
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 388th Bomb Group with their Cletrac and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30851) nicknamed "Little Boy Blue". Image via B Cook. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17F-125-BO "Little Boy Blue" 560th BS, 388th BG, s/n 42-30851. Lost in mid-air 7-19-44.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Boy Blue
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Mac
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Berlin Ambassador
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shack Rabbits
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Crystal City, MO 10 December 1917

Other

Shot Down/WIA/Captured

Veenschapsweg, Schoonebeek, Netherlands 6 March 1944 Severely burned when his a/c was attacked by German fighters and collided with 42-37886.

Died

Frankfurt, Germany 18 March 1944 Died of burns caused when his a/c was shot down 12 days earlier

Buried

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France Add to Map Plot E Row 4 Grave 31
St. Louis, MO 4664 Kennerly Street

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to middlename, highest rank, awards, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
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ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

ABMC, MACR 3092, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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