Robert A Blomberg

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 28037 - Robert A Blomberg 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Hardenburg, Holland on a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7567 'Wacky Donald'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Edward T Cooper

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35563465
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

John Gunning

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6243398
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Eugene A Hickey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Alvin R Kaufman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Clement F Leone

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13137217
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

41-29133

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shirley Raye
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron 700th Bomb Squadron

42-7567

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Black Dog, Wacky Donald
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 3 August 1921

Died

24 February 1944

Buried

Lakewood Cemetery Re-interred at the conclusion of WW2

Revisions

Date5 Jan 2018 22:08:15
ContributorDRudell
Sources

Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe by Robert Matzen, p 234 (Gotha 1)
Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe by Robert Matzen, pp 218-221 (Gilze-Rijen)

Date15 Dec 2017 23:01:19
ContributorDRudell
Sources

Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe, Section # 28 Baptism, page unknown

Date15 Dec 2017 19:59:02
ContributorDRudell
Sources

MACR # 2553

Date17 May 2017 23:28:46
ContributorDRudell
Sources

Matzen, Robert D. Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the fight for Europe. Pittsburgh, PA: GoodKnight , 2016. Print.
http://www.8thafhs.org

Date17 May 2017 23:15:11
ContributorDRudell
Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116423567

Date17 May 2017 12:54:20
ContributorDRudell
Sources

Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116423567)

Date29 Mar 2017 20:06:40
ContributorDRudell
Sources

From a group photo on the 8th Air Force (Historical Society) website

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:56
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2553 / MACR 2553, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Robert A Blomberg: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 26975 - Crew of B-24 Liberator Wacky Donald

Object number: UPL 28037 - Robert A Blomberg 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb...