Robert M Blanchard

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Top Turret gunner B-17F #42-30634 'Liberty Belle' - After leaving formation due to an engine fire on secondary missions to bomb airfilds near Hanover, GR on 21 Feb 1944, A/C was attacked by nine FW190s. Four crewman jumped before the A/C exploded and crashed in the North Sea off Egmond, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Belle
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

California, USA 15 June 1924 Son of Roy C and Anna M (O'Haver) Blanchard.

Died

North Sea Off Egmond, Netherlands 21 February 1944 A/C was attacked by nine FW190s. Four crewman jumped before the a/c exploded and crashed in the North Sea off Egmond, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA).
Gardena, California, USA

Buried

Tablets of the Missing. American War Cemetery Margraten.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2423 / MACR 2423, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database