Floyd A Blair

Military
media-24431.jpeg UPL 24431 2Lt Floyd A Blair stands in front of a P-38, later flew P-51's for 343FS, 55FG, 8AF.

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Object Number - UPL 24431 - 2Lt Floyd A Blair stands in front of a P-38, later flew P-51's for 343FS, 55FG, 8AF.

Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour Duty (ETD).



Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

US Personnel inspect a captured Fw-109. An Me-109 has also been captured and P-51 (serial number 44-14082) with a black and white checked tail is visible in the background. Image via R Woolner. Written on slide casing: 'FW190 of Fürth, 5/45.'

44-14082

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Miss Jane
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron

44-63231

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Richland County, MT, USA 11 August 1921 Son of Ralph P and Myrtle [Zeller] Blair.

Enlisted

Butte, MT, USA 3 July 1942

Other

Crashed

Mt Diablo, California 94598, USA 8 December 1943 Forced Landing due to Engine Failure 15 miles E of Mt Diablo, CA Cat 3 damage 2Lt Floyd A Blair, 8-Dec-43. P-39N 42-4951 - 444FS 328FG

Other

E/A Destroyed / Damaged

Stuttgart, Germany 5 September 1944 He177 destroyed (ground), unidentified A/C destroyed (ground), shared Ju-52 damaged (ground) Stuttgart 5-Sep-44.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Illesheim, Germany 10 September 1944 Unidentified A/C destroyed (ground) Illesheim. 10-Sep-44.

Died

Placerville, CA 95667, USA 24 September 2011 Cremated no burial.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

Completed Tour Duty (ETD).

Other

Promotion

Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Sidney, MT 59270, USA

Based

Wormingford Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=44-14082
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Blair%2C+Floyd+A
https://www.fold3.com/page/84967189_floyd_a%20blair/details/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77672817
http://www.station131.co.uk/55th/Encounter%20Reports.htm#1944 March Reports

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / WWW.55th.org roster

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