Entering the Army Air Force on 18Sep1942 through Roanoke, Virginia.
Serial # 33 213 036.
Height: 69", Weight: 136 lbs.
S/Sgt. Doye H. Blankenship was a Flexible Gunner on a B-17 plane named "Lovell's Hovel", (plane's tail number 42-31926) for the 8th Army Airforce, 384th Bomb Group (Heavy), 545th Squad.
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Fannie M. Blankenship (Mother)
Redwood, Virginia
(Parents information listed below)
On 19March1944, his plane was hit by Flak after bombs were away; later observed spiraling down with flames pouring from all parts of aircraft; four chutes emerged (they were later POW's), with one on fire; crashed near Wavrans-sur-Ternoise, a very small village, near a larger town called St Pol-sur-Ternoise, France.
He and 5 others were KIA.
Pilot - 1st Lt. James MacNaughton Lovell (FAG#140345676)
Co-Pilot- 2nd Lt. Walter Francis Brookings (FAG#106447011)
Radio Operator- S/Sgt. Minot Fred Deftos (FAG#41836091)
Eng/Top Turret- T/Sgt. Calvin Oscar Lewis Fowlkes (FAG# 41836132)
Ball Turret- S/Sgt. James Hansel Johnson jr. (FAG#25697667)
Flexible Gunner- S/Sgt. Doye Herman Blankenship
Missing Air Crew Report-aka MACR link; http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/MACRs/MACR3242.pdf
384th- Lovell's Hovel plane information:
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/One384thAircraft.php?AircraftKey=42-31926
The 384th Individual Personnel Data link:
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5120
Born the 2nd of several children in Glade Hill or Gills Creek, Franklin Co., Virginia.
Father: James Ebenezer Blankenship (1888 in VA - 1979 in NC)
Mother: Fannie Missie (Perdue) Blankenship (1891 in VA - 1977 in VA)
.
Serial # 33 213 036.
Height: 69", Weight: 136 lbs.
S/Sgt. Doye H. Blankenship was a Flexible Gunner on a B-17 plane named "Lovell's Hovel", (plane's tail number 42-31926) for the 8th Army Airforce, 384th Bomb Group (Heavy), 545th Squad.
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Fannie M. Blankenship (Mother)
Redwood, Virginia
(Parents information listed below)
On 19March1944, his plane was hit by Flak after bombs were away; later observed spiraling down with flames pouring from all parts of aircraft; four chutes emerged (they were later POW's), with one on fire; crashed near Wavrans-sur-Ternoise, a very small village, near a larger town called St Pol-sur-Ternoise, France.
He and 5 others were KIA.
Pilot - 1st Lt. James MacNaughton Lovell (FAG#140345676)
Co-Pilot- 2nd Lt. Walter Francis Brookings (FAG#106447011)
Radio Operator- S/Sgt. Minot Fred Deftos (FAG#41836091)
Eng/Top Turret- T/Sgt. Calvin Oscar Lewis Fowlkes (FAG# 41836132)
Ball Turret- S/Sgt. James Hansel Johnson jr. (FAG#25697667)
Flexible Gunner- S/Sgt. Doye Herman Blankenship
Missing Air Crew Report-aka MACR link; http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/MACRs/MACR3242.pdf
384th- Lovell's Hovel plane information:
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/One384thAircraft.php?AircraftKey=42-31926
The 384th Individual Personnel Data link:
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5120
Born the 2nd of several children in Glade Hill or Gills Creek, Franklin Co., Virginia.
Father: James Ebenezer Blankenship (1888 in VA - 1979 in NC)
Mother: Fannie Missie (Perdue) Blankenship (1891 in VA - 1977 in VA)
.
Entering the Army Air Force on 18Sep1942 through Roanoke, Virginia.
Serial # 33 213 036.
Height: 69", Weight: 136 lbs.
S/Sgt. Doye H. Blankenship was a Flexible Gunner on a B-17 plane named "Lovell's Hovel", (plane's tail number 42-31926) for the 8th Army Airforce, 384th Bomb Group (Heavy), 545th Squad.
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Fannie M. Blankenship (Mother)
Redwood, Virginia
(Parents information listed below)
On 19March1944, his plane was hit by Flak after bombs were away; later observed spiraling down with flames pouring from all parts of aircraft; four chutes emerged (they were later POW's), with one on fire; crashed near Wavrans-sur-Ternoise, a very small village, near a larger town called St Pol-sur-Ternoise, France.
He and 5 others were KIA.
Pilot - 1st Lt. James MacNaughton Lovell (FAG#140345676)
Co-Pilot- 2nd Lt. Walter Francis Brookings (FAG#106447011)
Radio Operator- S/Sgt. Minot Fred Deftos (FAG#41836091)
Eng/Top Turret- T/Sgt. Calvin Oscar Lewis Fowlkes (FAG# 41836132)
Ball Turret- S/Sgt. James Hansel Johnson jr. (FAG#25697667)
Flexible Gunner- S/Sgt. Doye Herman Blankenship
Missing Air Crew Report-aka MACR link; http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/MACRs/MACR3242.pdf
384th- Lovell's Hovel plane information:
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/One384thAircraft.php?AircraftKey=42-31926
The 384th Individual Personnel Data link:
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5120
Born the 2nd of several children in Glade Hill or Gills Creek, Franklin Co., Virginia.
Father: James Ebenezer Blankenship (1888 in VA - 1979 in NC)
Mother: Fannie Missie (Perdue) Blankenship (1891 in VA - 1977 in VA)
.
Serial # 33 213 036.
Height: 69", Weight: 136 lbs.
S/Sgt. Doye H. Blankenship was a Flexible Gunner on a B-17 plane named "Lovell's Hovel", (plane's tail number 42-31926) for the 8th Army Airforce, 384th Bomb Group (Heavy), 545th Squad.
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Fannie M. Blankenship (Mother)
Redwood, Virginia
(Parents information listed below)
On 19March1944, his plane was hit by Flak after bombs were away; later observed spiraling down with flames pouring from all parts of aircraft; four chutes emerged (they were later POW's), with one on fire; crashed near Wavrans-sur-Ternoise, a very small village, near a larger town called St Pol-sur-Ternoise, France.
He and 5 others were KIA.
Pilot - 1st Lt. James MacNaughton Lovell (FAG#140345676)
Co-Pilot- 2nd Lt. Walter Francis Brookings (FAG#106447011)
Radio Operator- S/Sgt. Minot Fred Deftos (FAG#41836091)
Eng/Top Turret- T/Sgt. Calvin Oscar Lewis Fowlkes (FAG# 41836132)
Ball Turret- S/Sgt. James Hansel Johnson jr. (FAG#25697667)
Flexible Gunner- S/Sgt. Doye Herman Blankenship
Missing Air Crew Report-aka MACR link; http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/MACRs/MACR3242.pdf
384th- Lovell's Hovel plane information:
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/One384thAircraft.php?AircraftKey=42-31926
The 384th Individual Personnel Data link:
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5120
Born the 2nd of several children in Glade Hill or Gills Creek, Franklin Co., Virginia.
Father: James Ebenezer Blankenship (1888 in VA - 1979 in NC)
Mother: Fannie Missie (Perdue) Blankenship (1891 in VA - 1977 in VA)
.
Inscription
Virginia, Staff Sargeant, 384th Bomb Group, World War II, AM and OLC-PC
