Sterling Boothe Blakeman

Military

B-17G#42-31968 'Miss Irish' returned from a mission to Marquise/Mimoyecques, France and made an emergency landing at Raydon after taking a direct hit from an 88mm in the radio room on 19 March 1944. RTD. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 15220.

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Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

Ira Lawrence Arnold

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38338409
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Archie Wesson Bunting

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18190381
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Frank William Buschmeier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35683437
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Robert Lawrence Dykeman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19101831 at enlistment, then O-755534
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Myron "Ty" Ettus

Myron Jerome Ettus

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12127423
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-31968

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Irish
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

6 March 1921 New York State, the son of Earle C. Blakeman

Died

8 March 2003 Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles County, California
Pelham Manor, Westchester County, New York

Revisions

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Corrected Service Number

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MACR 15220
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1689605

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Corrected typos and added details in Biography

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100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia