Marvin V Bledsoe
Military
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A07120-69213AC.
Object Number - UPL 24499 - Lt Marvin V Bledsoe of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group is presented an award by Lt Colonel B. Rimerman on 20th July 1944 at an...
Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 6 destroyed and 3 damaged [all ground]. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
March Air Reserve Base, CA, USA | 26 January 1942 | March Field Riverside California |
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Other Crashed |
Long Island Expy, New York, USA | 12 October 1942 | Mid Air Collision Astoria, Long Island, NY Cat 3 damage 2Lt Marvin V Bledsoe, 12-Oct-42. P-47B 41-6057 - 90FS 80FG |
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Other Crashed |
LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Queens, NY 11371, USA | 14 November 1943 | Take Off Accident Ground Loop La Guardia Airport, NY Cat 3 damage 2Lt Marvin V Bledsoe, 14-Nov-43. P-47C 41-6172 90FS 80FG |
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Based |
Raydon | 7 June 1944 - 9 October 1944 | Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Germany | 27 June 1944 | 1/2 Me109 destroyed [ground] 27-Jun-44. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Germany | 7 August 1944 | Me410 destroyed [ground] 7-Aug-44. |
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Other Promoted |
Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK | 25 August 1944 | |
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Other E/A Destroyed / Damaged |
Germany | 29 August 1944 | 2 x Me109s, 2 x Me110s destroyed, 2 x Me110s damaged, 1 x Me109 damaged [all ground] 29-Aug-44. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 9 October 1944 | Completed Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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Born |
Los Angeles County, CA, USA | Son of Robert L and Venetia A Bledsoe. | |
| Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / book
