James W Blanco

Military

Damaged by flak and landed in Sweden on 6/20/44 in B-24 'Tondelayo' 42-50343 - Interned.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-109789

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Mairzy Doats
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 445th Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron 703rd Bomb Squadron

42-50343

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Returned

12 April 1944

Other

Interned

20 June 1944

Born

Chicago, Illinois

Revisions

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MACR 4379

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ContributorAAM
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392nd Bomb Group Roster 1981 MACR 6154 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia