Roy Bonner Bluhm Jr
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Texas Lady
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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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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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