Joseph Merthias Blaugh

Military
media-52860.jpeg UPL 52860 S/Sgt Joseph M. Blaugh, 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52860 - S/Sgt Joseph M. Blaugh, 401BG.

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. Ben Johnson crew. ETD



Flew 30 missions with the last 9 missions in 'Diana Queen of the Chase' 42-102393. 'Lassie Come Home', 'Channel Express' and 'Hangover Haven' were each flown twice.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Diana Queen Of The Chase
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Channel Express III
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97487) nicknamed "Hangover Haven" of the 401st Bomb Group after crash landing at Deenethorpe, 3 October 1944 Official caption on image: "GAD-1079 - (48-401)-(4-10-44) 7487 Crash." Handwritten caption on reverse: '3/10/44 A, 296 Extra. V. Maslen, 7487, "Hangover Haven".'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hangover Haven
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

North Industry, Canton, OH 11 June 1923 Son of Ervin O and Callie Blaugh

Enlisted

Akron, OH 13 January 1943 Akron, Ohio

Other

Discharged USAAF

9 October 1945 Honourable discharge

Died

16 April 1972

Buried

Rose Hill Memorial Park Cemetery Massillon, Stark County, OH 19 April 1972 Rose Hill Memorial Park Cemetery Massillon, Stark County, Ohio

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Training

Miami Beach, FL Miami Beach, Florida

Other

Training

Lowry Field, CO Lowry Field, Colorado

Other

Gunnery Training

Laredo, Texas Laredo, Texas

Revisions

Date
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1285

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

401st BG.org crew history / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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