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1Lt Donald Bloodgood 358FS, 364FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached Service with 1st Scouting force on 2 occasions. Returned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x victory. Transferred Hospital.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Group
The 364th Fighter Group flew 342 missions in P-38 Lightnings and P-51 Mustangs from Honington, Suffolk. The missions ranged from escorting bombers and dive-bombing and strafing targets to area patrol missions across a swathe of land that took in France...
Squadron
Squadron
P-51 Mustang
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of 1st Lt Donald L Bloodgood.
Military site : airfield
Honington was in use by Eighth Air Force units for a longer period than any other air base in England. The air base, built in the mid 1930s as part of the RAF's expansion programme had seen plenty of action as an RAF base before it was handed over to...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Alameda County, CA, USA | 1923 |
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Son of Louis A and Mary H Bloodgood. |
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| Lived in | Oakland, CA, USA | 1941 |
| Lived in | Oakland, CA, USA | 1942 |
| Enlisted | San Francisco, CA, USA | 24 October 1942 |
| Detached Service (1) | 25 November 1944 | |
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Detached Service 1st Scouting Force. |
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| Returned to unit | 10 December 1944 | |
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Returned 385th Fighter Squadron. |
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| E/A Destroyed | Germany | 27 December 1944 |
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E/A destroyed Germany. 27-Dec-44. |
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| Promotion | January 1945 | |
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Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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| Detached Service (2) | 7 January 1945 | |
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Detached Service 1st Scouting Force. |
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| Returned to unit | 21 January 1945 | |
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Returned 385th Fighter Squadron. |
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| Crashed | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | 25 April 1945 |
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Baled Out Structural Failure 4 miles SE Honington Cat 4 damage 1Lt Donald L Bloodgood, 25-Apr-45. P-51D5NT 44-11213 - 385FS 364FG 8AF. |
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| Transferred Hospital | 27 April 1945 | |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 November 2016 09:43:40 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, highest rank, biography and events |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Bloodgood |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 23 November 2016 20:59:46 | Al_Skiff | Changes to role, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Bloodgood |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:07:36 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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