Rudolph J Blomseth

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Devern, GR on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31838 'Sack Time Charlie. ' Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31838

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sack Time Charlie
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft VI

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 10 February 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Revisions

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Added an association to Stalag Luft IV per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

 

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Capitalized "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2370 / MACR 2370, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database