John Basil Blatz
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- 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
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 3 March 1944
- Date: 24 February 1944
- Date: 21 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Crystal City, MO | 10 December 1917 | |
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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. |
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Died |
Frankfurt, Germany | 18 March 1944 | Died of burns caused when his a/c was shot down 12 days earlier |
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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
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
