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1LT Carl W. Blandin

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1LT Carl W. Blandin

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15 Sep 1943 (aged 23)
Lubbock County, Texas, USA
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Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA
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First Lieutenant Blandin was killed piloting U.S. Army Air Corps C-60A Lodestar #42-32222, in a crash at South Plains Army Airfield, Lubbock, Texas.

Killed aboard CG-4A #42-77025 (a towed cargo glider) in a crash at South Plains Army Airfield, Lubbock, Texas.

S/Sgt. Oscar F Dyson and SSgt. Frederick H Dillingham perished aboard the glider C-60A Lodestar #42-32222, and 2nd Lt. Raymond E Ford, were killed on the towing transport airplane, when a spar on the glider broke, folding over the port wing, and stalling and dragging down both craft and crashing onto the plains.
First Lieutenant Blandin was killed piloting U.S. Army Air Corps C-60A Lodestar #42-32222, in a crash at South Plains Army Airfield, Lubbock, Texas.

Killed aboard CG-4A #42-77025 (a towed cargo glider) in a crash at South Plains Army Airfield, Lubbock, Texas.

S/Sgt. Oscar F Dyson and SSgt. Frederick H Dillingham perished aboard the glider C-60A Lodestar #42-32222, and 2nd Lt. Raymond E Ford, were killed on the towing transport airplane, when a spar on the glider broke, folding over the port wing, and stalling and dragging down both craft and crashing onto the plains.

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1LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

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  • Created by: Squeekie
  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115894096/carl_w-blandin: accessed ), memorial page for 1LT Carl W. Blandin (17 Oct 1919–15 Sep 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 115894096, citing Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Squeekie (contributor 47930539).