Roy Bonner Bluhm Jr

Military
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Object Number - UPL 48387 - Roy B. Bluhm Jr Obituary

Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. 49 missions, 341 hours. Credited 1 x kill.

Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Texas Lady
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Caldwell County, TX, USA 26 May 1921 Son of Roy Bonner Sr and Louis [Beauregard] Bluhm.

Enlisted

Lockhart, TX 78644, USA 25 November 1940 Lockhart, Texas

Other

E/A Destroyed

Zwolle, Netherlands 21 February 1944 Me109 destroyed. Zwolle, Holland. 21-Feb-44.

Other

Crashed

Williams Field Rd, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA 2 May 1947 Landing Accident due to Fire Williams Fld Arizona Cat 3 damage Capt Roy B Bluhm Jr, 2-May-47. P-51D-30NA 44-74390 A-5 3010AAFBU

Other

Crashed

Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX, USA 21 March 1949 Take Off Accident due to Engine Failure Kelly AFB, TX Cat 3 damage Capt Roy B Bluhm Jr, 21-Mar-49. F-51D 44-74475 - 3595PTW

Other

Marriage

Nellis AFB, NV, USA 9 December 1949 Married Helen I Thorburn.

Died

Glendale, AZ 21 March 1997

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).

Other

Promotion

Boxted, Colchester, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Promotion

Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK Promoted to Captain.
Lockhart, TX 78644, USA

Based

Boxted Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Transferred

Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK Transferred to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Transferred

Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK Transferred to HQ Sqn, 356FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm;
- Unit History

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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