John H Blumenstock
Military
Object Number - UPL 17268 - LT James H. Gist (N), LT Robert W. Owens (CP), LT John H. Blumenstock (P) all officers of Crew #652/475 - John Blumenstock Crew
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel
Connections
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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

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18114922
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Radar (H2X) Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-723869
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft

- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hard T Find
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group

- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Reliable Babe
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Missions

- Date: 19 March 1945
- Official Description: 1,273 bombers and 675 fighters are dispatched to hit airfields and industrial targets in Germany visually and with H2X radar; clouds force 2 of the 3 forces to hit secondaries; 100+ Luftwaffe fighters including 36 Me 262s in formation (largest number...

- Date: 11 December 1944

- Date: 26 November 1944

- Date: 19 October 1944

- Date: 17 October 1944
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Michigan, USA | 13 February 1916 | |
Other Overseas movement orders |
Lincoln, NE, USA | 18 July 1944 | Assigned B-24 #42-50709 |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 25 August 1944 - 19 March 1945 | Flew 15 missions with the 786th BS and then transferred to the 784th BS and flew 15 missions as a lead crew |
Died |
East Lansing, MI, USA | 5 April 2001 | |
Buried |
Homer, MI 49245, USA | 8 April 2001 | Fisher Cemetery Homer Calhoun County Michigan, USA |
Homer, MI 49245, USA | Route #1 | ||
Other Commander |
Little Rock Air Force Base, Jacksonville, AR 72076, USA | 6th Recon. Squadron RB-47's |
Revisions
466th BG Formation Plan for 19 Oct 1944
466th BG Archives - Letter from john Blumenstock to Chris Brassfield, 19 March 1998
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom, pages 50 and 51
Original Overseas Movment Order provided to John Blumenstock
466th BG Historian
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000