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SSgt Clifford A. Blais
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SSgt Clifford A. Blais Veteran

Birth
Rhode Island, USA
Death
18 Oct 1943 (aged 23–24)
Monument
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
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Tablets of the Missing
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S/Sgt. Clifford A. Blais MIA/KIA
Hometown: Rhode Island
Squadron: 328th BS 93rd Bomb Group
Service # 31179330
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot

Target: Duren Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 18-Oct-43
Serial Number: 41-23729
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: D
Aircraft Name: SHOOT LUKE
Location:
Cause: 10 MIA/KIA
Notes: On this date the the heavy bomber mission to Duren was recalled over the North Sea, the B24s carried out a diversion. There are no losses recorded for the 2BD or the 93rd BG in the " Mighty Eight war Diary" on this date. More research is required.
None of the crew members bodies were recovered from this mission. Their names appear on Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery or Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands.
Most likely SHOOT LUKE was lost at sea.

SHOOT LUKE Crew
1Lt Charles R Hutchens
2Lt Harry J. Linville
2Lt Roger W Hayes
2Lt Gregory Bournazos
TSgt Henry H Howard, Jr
TSgt Idus F. Coleman
SSgt Reuben L. Gareau
SSgt Clifford A. Blais
SSgt Robert H Fisher
SSgt Robert J Graff
S/Sgt Paul H. Mcqueen KIA 03-May-43
S/Sgt. Clifford A. Blais MIA/KIA
Hometown: Rhode Island
Squadron: 328th BS 93rd Bomb Group
Service # 31179330
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot

Target: Duren Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 18-Oct-43
Serial Number: 41-23729
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: D
Aircraft Name: SHOOT LUKE
Location:
Cause: 10 MIA/KIA
Notes: On this date the the heavy bomber mission to Duren was recalled over the North Sea, the B24s carried out a diversion. There are no losses recorded for the 2BD or the 93rd BG in the " Mighty Eight war Diary" on this date. More research is required.
None of the crew members bodies were recovered from this mission. Their names appear on Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery or Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands.
Most likely SHOOT LUKE was lost at sea.

SHOOT LUKE Crew
1Lt Charles R Hutchens
2Lt Harry J. Linville
2Lt Roger W Hayes
2Lt Gregory Bournazos
TSgt Henry H Howard, Jr
TSgt Idus F. Coleman
SSgt Reuben L. Gareau
SSgt Clifford A. Blais
SSgt Robert H Fisher
SSgt Robert J Graff
S/Sgt Paul H. Mcqueen KIA 03-May-43

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Rhode Island.


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  • Maintained by: John Dowdy
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56287847/clifford_a-blais: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Clifford A. Blais (1919–18 Oct 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56287847, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by John Dowdy (contributor 47791572).