Dead Reckoning Navigator, 2nd/Lt. John Bloznelis, MIA/KIA
Hometown Hannibal, MO
Squadron: 564th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-735163
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot Lt Alfred H.Locke, RTD
Target: Berlin
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 5473
Date Lost: 29-Apr-44
Serial Number: 41-28784
Aircraft Model B-24HSH-15-DT
Aircraft Letter: F
Aircraft Name: 376
Location: North Sea
Cause: AA Ditched in the North Sea 3 KIA, 4 POW, 3 RTD
Notes: See "Looking Back" by Dale Vanblair for more details about this crew and ditching.
Lt. Bloznelis's body was never recovered.
Quoted from Dale Van Blair
April 29, 1944, Flying as a PFF lead crew, on our fifth mission as a lead crew we ditched in the North Sea, with the loss of five of twelve crew members (we were assigned two extra navigators for this mission):
Capt. Ralph Bryant, command pilot from the 466th; Lt. Kenneth Reed, instrument navigator, Lt. John Bloznelis, dead reckoning navigator; Lt. Arthur Delclisur, bombardier; and Sgt. Harold Freeman, replacement engineer for this mission. The seven who survived did no more combat flying.
389th BG loses two aircraft on another trip to Berlin
Visit the virtual cemetery of the "Locke"Crew. Click here
Hometown Hannibal, MO
Squadron: 564th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-735163
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot Lt Alfred H.Locke, RTD
Target: Berlin
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 5473
Date Lost: 29-Apr-44
Serial Number: 41-28784
Aircraft Model B-24HSH-15-DT
Aircraft Letter: F
Aircraft Name: 376
Location: North Sea
Cause: AA Ditched in the North Sea 3 KIA, 4 POW, 3 RTD
Notes: See "Looking Back" by Dale Vanblair for more details about this crew and ditching.
Lt. Bloznelis's body was never recovered.
Quoted from Dale Van Blair
April 29, 1944, Flying as a PFF lead crew, on our fifth mission as a lead crew we ditched in the North Sea, with the loss of five of twelve crew members (we were assigned two extra navigators for this mission):
Capt. Ralph Bryant, command pilot from the 466th; Lt. Kenneth Reed, instrument navigator, Lt. John Bloznelis, dead reckoning navigator; Lt. Arthur Delclisur, bombardier; and Sgt. Harold Freeman, replacement engineer for this mission. The seven who survived did no more combat flying.
389th BG loses two aircraft on another trip to Berlin
Visit the virtual cemetery of the "Locke"Crew. Click here
Dead Reckoning Navigator, 2nd/Lt. John Bloznelis, MIA/KIA
Hometown Hannibal, MO
Squadron: 564th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-735163
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot Lt Alfred H.Locke, RTD
Target: Berlin
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 5473
Date Lost: 29-Apr-44
Serial Number: 41-28784
Aircraft Model B-24HSH-15-DT
Aircraft Letter: F
Aircraft Name: 376
Location: North Sea
Cause: AA Ditched in the North Sea 3 KIA, 4 POW, 3 RTD
Notes: See "Looking Back" by Dale Vanblair for more details about this crew and ditching.
Lt. Bloznelis's body was never recovered.
Quoted from Dale Van Blair
April 29, 1944, Flying as a PFF lead crew, on our fifth mission as a lead crew we ditched in the North Sea, with the loss of five of twelve crew members (we were assigned two extra navigators for this mission):
Capt. Ralph Bryant, command pilot from the 466th; Lt. Kenneth Reed, instrument navigator, Lt. John Bloznelis, dead reckoning navigator; Lt. Arthur Delclisur, bombardier; and Sgt. Harold Freeman, replacement engineer for this mission. The seven who survived did no more combat flying.
389th BG loses two aircraft on another trip to Berlin
Visit the virtual cemetery of the "Locke"Crew. Click here
Hometown Hannibal, MO
Squadron: 564th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-735163
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot Lt Alfred H.Locke, RTD
Target: Berlin
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 5473
Date Lost: 29-Apr-44
Serial Number: 41-28784
Aircraft Model B-24HSH-15-DT
Aircraft Letter: F
Aircraft Name: 376
Location: North Sea
Cause: AA Ditched in the North Sea 3 KIA, 4 POW, 3 RTD
Notes: See "Looking Back" by Dale Vanblair for more details about this crew and ditching.
Lt. Bloznelis's body was never recovered.
Quoted from Dale Van Blair
April 29, 1944, Flying as a PFF lead crew, on our fifth mission as a lead crew we ditched in the North Sea, with the loss of five of twelve crew members (we were assigned two extra navigators for this mission):
Capt. Ralph Bryant, command pilot from the 466th; Lt. Kenneth Reed, instrument navigator, Lt. John Bloznelis, dead reckoning navigator; Lt. Arthur Delclisur, bombardier; and Sgt. Harold Freeman, replacement engineer for this mission. The seven who survived did no more combat flying.
389th BG loses two aircraft on another trip to Berlin
Visit the virtual cemetery of the "Locke"Crew. Click here
Inscription
2 LT 564 BOMB SQ 389 BOMB GP (H) NEW YORK
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Entered the service from New York.
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