Albeny J Blanchard

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Combat crew no. 123 stand in front of B-17 Knucklehead. UPL 28228 UPL 28228 Combat crew no. 123 stand in front of B-17 'Knucklehead'.
Standing, left to right: R. T. Neary (navigator), W. M. Bagot (co-pilot), E. H. Patterson (pilot), J. H. Williamson (bombardier)
Kneeling, left to right: Samuel Craig (radio operator), Mario Panetti (assistant radio operator), Albeny Blanchard (tail gunner), Sherwood Renner (engineer), Curby F. Simerson (aerial gunner), ? Gessner (assistant engineer). Walter McRae Bagot

fix typos

Object Number - UPL 28228 - Combat crew no. 123 stand in front of B-17 'Knucklehead'. Standing, left to right: R. T. Neary (navigator), W. M. Bagot (co-pilot), E. H. Patterson...

Killed in Action (KIA). On return to base B17 #42-37869 crashed at Oakhampton returning from Atlantic weather reconnaissance mission. 5 KNO+2 RTD +1 RAF

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Okehampton EX20, UK 25 December 1943

Buried

Plot D Row 6 Grave 49

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

https://abmc.gov/node/538900#.WhPsNU1LGM8

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The 25th BG (Rcn) by Normsn Malaney, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.  I, p. 439

Albeny J Blanchard: Gallery (1 items)

Combat crew no. 123 stand in front of B-17 Knucklehead.

Object number: UPL 28228 - Combat crew no. 123 stand in front of B-17...