Ewing served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-17 "Holy Mackeral" (#42-3265), 337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Louisiana prior to the war.
Ewing was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, while returning from a bombing mission to Bremen, Germany, was hit by enemy flak which caused explosions on his plane and he lost all control due to the damage.
The "Holy Mackeral" ended up running into B-17 (#42-30860) causing them to crash into the Wadden Sea (North Sea). The "Holy Mackeral" also ended up in a crash landing at Kimewerd, South of Harlingen, Holland.
Ewing was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-802125
His enlistment service number, 38260886, shows his name as Joseph E. Le Blanc.
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Airmen who perished on B-17 (#42-3265):
Coleman, Andrew E., Jr., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Massachusetts
Dudus, Peter J., T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New York
Hovorka, Victor, 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Nebraska
Kinney, George A., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Rhode Island
Le Blanc, Ewing J., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Louisiana
Martire, Silvio, T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, New York
Mattarochia, John, S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Pennsylvania
Sudbury, Robert E., S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Florida
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Airmen who became POW's from B-17 (#42-3265):
Rogers, Lowell, 2nd Lt, Bombardier
Wales, Kenneth S. J., 2nd Lt, Navigator, Maryland
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For the Crew of B-17 (#42-30860) see:
TSgt Arthur Lucien Lemieux
( Above bio & Crew Reports by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Below Information previously submitted to Find A Grave:
Entered service from Louisiana 19 May 1942
Enlistment ser. no. 38260886
Ser. no. O-802125
337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Pilot
KIA Purple Heart
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~∼Parents: Ewing J. LeBlanc, Sr. and Louise Angeline Beadle LeBlanc
1st Lt Ewing J. Le Blanc attended South Western Louisiana Institute in Lafayette, Louisiana for 2 years. He was an architect. He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in new Orleans, Louisiana on 19 May 1942.
When the B-17 #42-30860 was attacked by fighters, witnesses saw it exploded and, when going down, colliding with #42-3265 between the Dutch mainland and the Frisian Islands east o f Texel.
Nine crew members were killed, one survived and was taken prisoner.
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en /American-war-cemetery-Margraten-l/52047-le-blanc-ewing-j
He resided in Louisiana prior to the war.
Ewing was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, while returning from a bombing mission to Bremen, Germany, was hit by enemy flak which caused explosions on his plane and he lost all control due to the damage.
The "Holy Mackeral" ended up running into B-17 (#42-30860) causing them to crash into the Wadden Sea (North Sea). The "Holy Mackeral" also ended up in a crash landing at Kimewerd, South of Harlingen, Holland.
Ewing was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-802125
His enlistment service number, 38260886, shows his name as Joseph E. Le Blanc.
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Airmen who perished on B-17 (#42-3265):
Coleman, Andrew E., Jr., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Massachusetts
Dudus, Peter J., T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New York
Hovorka, Victor, 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Nebraska
Kinney, George A., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Rhode Island
Le Blanc, Ewing J., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Louisiana
Martire, Silvio, T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, New York
Mattarochia, John, S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Pennsylvania
Sudbury, Robert E., S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Florida
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Airmen who became POW's from B-17 (#42-3265):
Rogers, Lowell, 2nd Lt, Bombardier
Wales, Kenneth S. J., 2nd Lt, Navigator, Maryland
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For the Crew of B-17 (#42-30860) see:
TSgt Arthur Lucien Lemieux
( Above bio & Crew Reports by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Below Information previously submitted to Find A Grave:
Entered service from Louisiana 19 May 1942
Enlistment ser. no. 38260886
Ser. no. O-802125
337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Pilot
KIA Purple Heart
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~∼Parents: Ewing J. LeBlanc, Sr. and Louise Angeline Beadle LeBlanc
1st Lt Ewing J. Le Blanc attended South Western Louisiana Institute in Lafayette, Louisiana for 2 years. He was an architect. He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in new Orleans, Louisiana on 19 May 1942.
When the B-17 #42-30860 was attacked by fighters, witnesses saw it exploded and, when going down, colliding with #42-3265 between the Dutch mainland and the Frisian Islands east o f Texel.
Nine crew members were killed, one survived and was taken prisoner.
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en /American-war-cemetery-Margraten-l/52047-le-blanc-ewing-j
Ewing served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-17 "Holy Mackeral" (#42-3265), 337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Louisiana prior to the war.
Ewing was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, while returning from a bombing mission to Bremen, Germany, was hit by enemy flak which caused explosions on his plane and he lost all control due to the damage.
The "Holy Mackeral" ended up running into B-17 (#42-30860) causing them to crash into the Wadden Sea (North Sea). The "Holy Mackeral" also ended up in a crash landing at Kimewerd, South of Harlingen, Holland.
Ewing was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-802125
His enlistment service number, 38260886, shows his name as Joseph E. Le Blanc.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-17 (#42-3265):
Coleman, Andrew E., Jr., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Massachusetts
Dudus, Peter J., T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New York
Hovorka, Victor, 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Nebraska
Kinney, George A., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Rhode Island
Le Blanc, Ewing J., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Louisiana
Martire, Silvio, T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, New York
Mattarochia, John, S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Pennsylvania
Sudbury, Robert E., S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Florida
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Airmen who became POW's from B-17 (#42-3265):
Rogers, Lowell, 2nd Lt, Bombardier
Wales, Kenneth S. J., 2nd Lt, Navigator, Maryland
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For the Crew of B-17 (#42-30860) see:
TSgt Arthur Lucien Lemieux
( Above bio & Crew Reports by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Below Information previously submitted to Find A Grave:
Entered service from Louisiana 19 May 1942
Enlistment ser. no. 38260886
Ser. no. O-802125
337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Pilot
KIA Purple Heart
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~∼Parents: Ewing J. LeBlanc, Sr. and Louise Angeline Beadle LeBlanc
1st Lt Ewing J. Le Blanc attended South Western Louisiana Institute in Lafayette, Louisiana for 2 years. He was an architect. He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in new Orleans, Louisiana on 19 May 1942.
When the B-17 #42-30860 was attacked by fighters, witnesses saw it exploded and, when going down, colliding with #42-3265 between the Dutch mainland and the Frisian Islands east o f Texel.
Nine crew members were killed, one survived and was taken prisoner.
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en /American-war-cemetery-Margraten-l/52047-le-blanc-ewing-j
He resided in Louisiana prior to the war.
Ewing was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, while returning from a bombing mission to Bremen, Germany, was hit by enemy flak which caused explosions on his plane and he lost all control due to the damage.
The "Holy Mackeral" ended up running into B-17 (#42-30860) causing them to crash into the Wadden Sea (North Sea). The "Holy Mackeral" also ended up in a crash landing at Kimewerd, South of Harlingen, Holland.
Ewing was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-802125
His enlistment service number, 38260886, shows his name as Joseph E. Le Blanc.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-17 (#42-3265):
Coleman, Andrew E., Jr., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Massachusetts
Dudus, Peter J., T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New York
Hovorka, Victor, 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Nebraska
Kinney, George A., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Rhode Island
Le Blanc, Ewing J., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Louisiana
Martire, Silvio, T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, New York
Mattarochia, John, S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Pennsylvania
Sudbury, Robert E., S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Florida
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Airmen who became POW's from B-17 (#42-3265):
Rogers, Lowell, 2nd Lt, Bombardier
Wales, Kenneth S. J., 2nd Lt, Navigator, Maryland
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For the Crew of B-17 (#42-30860) see:
TSgt Arthur Lucien Lemieux
( Above bio & Crew Reports by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Below Information previously submitted to Find A Grave:
Entered service from Louisiana 19 May 1942
Enlistment ser. no. 38260886
Ser. no. O-802125
337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Pilot
KIA Purple Heart
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~∼Parents: Ewing J. LeBlanc, Sr. and Louise Angeline Beadle LeBlanc
1st Lt Ewing J. Le Blanc attended South Western Louisiana Institute in Lafayette, Louisiana for 2 years. He was an architect. He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in new Orleans, Louisiana on 19 May 1942.
When the B-17 #42-30860 was attacked by fighters, witnesses saw it exploded and, when going down, colliding with #42-3265 between the Dutch mainland and the Frisian Islands east o f Texel.
Nine crew members were killed, one survived and was taken prisoner.
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en /American-war-cemetery-Margraten-l/52047-le-blanc-ewing-j
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