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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A battle damaged waist gun position on a B-17 Flying Fortress.

John Phillip Gibbons

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803182
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Squadron Commander
A bomber crew of the 96th Bomb Group with the chin turret of their B-17G Flying Fortress. In the back row from left to right: Technical Sergeant Geo Goetz, Top-Turret gunner; Technical Sergeant Bob Woherty, Radio Operator; Staff Sergeant Luigi Iacovello, left waist gunner; Staff Sergeant Roy Johnson, Ball Turret operator; Staff Sergeant Everett Johnson, right waist gunner; Staff Sergeant Charles A Haywood, Tail Gunner. In the front row left to right: First Lieutenant Paul Herring, Pilot; Flight Officer Ch

Everett Max Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-691761
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Bernard Lefler Spragg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33301833
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Edward Walker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19114608
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

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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

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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