James C Blackwood

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 23-May-44 in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5251





Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

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

People

Christopher Myles Chism

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33327770
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Murray G Glanzrock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14083453
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Carl Preston Gochnauer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13102042
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Hugh Raymond Hunter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16077883 / O-801472
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Joseph Richard Markus

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36636142
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner

Aircraft

42-7583

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bungay

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Patay, France 23 May 1944 Shot down 23-May-44 in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5251

Born

Denver, Colorado, USA Son of Conover Blackwood.

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Bungay 23 May 1944 Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B Row 32 Grave 51

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28653097
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763479
https://www.fold3.com/record/529847560-james-c-blackwood
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56371218/james-c_-blackwood

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from::
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 5251;
- The History of the 46th Bomber Group, pg 100-101

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 5251 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database