Ross Blake
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 385th Bomb Group
B-17 Crash Wagon III (#42-31762) hit by flak, crashed at Boisemont 12 Jun 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
Gerald W Shaffer
Military
B-17 Crash Wagon III (#42-31762) hit by flak, crashed at Boisemont 12 Jun 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
Service
People
Units served with
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385th Bomb Group
Group
The 385th Bomb Group, who took the nickname "Van's Valiants" after their first Commanding Officer Col. Elliot Vandevanter, flew B-17s from Great Ashfield, Suffolk. The Group led the famous attack on the Focke-Wolfe aircraft factory at Marienburg on 9... -
551st Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-31762 Junior aka Crash Wagon III
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Gt Falls 16/12/43; Denver 20/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 15/1/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-M] Gt Ashfield 17/1/44; Missing in Action French A/fds 12/6/44 with Loren Jackson, Co-pilot: Ross Blake, Bombardier: Joe...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Cochranton, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | France | 12 June 1944 |
| Died | 12 June 1944 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:11:23 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5628 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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