Sergeant Blume served with the 607th Bomb Squadron, 399th Bomb Group at Wendover Field, Utah.
He was a Student Engineer and one of eight airmen killed in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps B-24E Liberator #42-7312, two miles east of the airfield.
The aircrew were practicing nighttime touch-and-go landings and takeoffs when the accident occurred at 03:20 hours. The B-24 crashed while maneuvering for their sixth landing attempt. Investigators believed the pilots lost sight of the horizon while making a 60° banking left turn for final, and flew into terrain. All aboard were instantly killed.
The crew members killed were:
2LT Harold T Payne, O-741931, CA, Pilot
2LT LeRoy Q Davidson, O-752394, NJ, Co-Pilot
2LT Manley T Mitchell, O-738002, IL, Instructor Pilot
SSGT Joseph P Stewart, 11096906, RI, Engineer Instructor
SGT Robert L Blume, 19039011, CA, Student Engineer
SGT Robert Cohen, 12190197, NY, Student Engineer
SGT Robert V Dayton, 12134082, NJ, Student Engineer
SGT Norman A Foster, 20112879, MA, Radio Operator
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Entered the service from California; Service ID: 19039011.
He was a Student Engineer and one of eight airmen killed in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps B-24E Liberator #42-7312, two miles east of the airfield.
The aircrew were practicing nighttime touch-and-go landings and takeoffs when the accident occurred at 03:20 hours. The B-24 crashed while maneuvering for their sixth landing attempt. Investigators believed the pilots lost sight of the horizon while making a 60° banking left turn for final, and flew into terrain. All aboard were instantly killed.
The crew members killed were:
2LT Harold T Payne, O-741931, CA, Pilot
2LT LeRoy Q Davidson, O-752394, NJ, Co-Pilot
2LT Manley T Mitchell, O-738002, IL, Instructor Pilot
SSGT Joseph P Stewart, 11096906, RI, Engineer Instructor
SGT Robert L Blume, 19039011, CA, Student Engineer
SGT Robert Cohen, 12190197, NY, Student Engineer
SGT Robert V Dayton, 12134082, NJ, Student Engineer
SGT Norman A Foster, 20112879, MA, Radio Operator
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Entered the service from California; Service ID: 19039011.
Sergeant Blume served with the 607th Bomb Squadron, 399th Bomb Group at Wendover Field, Utah.
He was a Student Engineer and one of eight airmen killed in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps B-24E Liberator #42-7312, two miles east of the airfield.
The aircrew were practicing nighttime touch-and-go landings and takeoffs when the accident occurred at 03:20 hours. The B-24 crashed while maneuvering for their sixth landing attempt. Investigators believed the pilots lost sight of the horizon while making a 60° banking left turn for final, and flew into terrain. All aboard were instantly killed.
The crew members killed were:
2LT Harold T Payne, O-741931, CA, Pilot
2LT LeRoy Q Davidson, O-752394, NJ, Co-Pilot
2LT Manley T Mitchell, O-738002, IL, Instructor Pilot
SSGT Joseph P Stewart, 11096906, RI, Engineer Instructor
SGT Robert L Blume, 19039011, CA, Student Engineer
SGT Robert Cohen, 12190197, NY, Student Engineer
SGT Robert V Dayton, 12134082, NJ, Student Engineer
SGT Norman A Foster, 20112879, MA, Radio Operator
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Entered the service from California; Service ID: 19039011.
He was a Student Engineer and one of eight airmen killed in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps B-24E Liberator #42-7312, two miles east of the airfield.
The aircrew were practicing nighttime touch-and-go landings and takeoffs when the accident occurred at 03:20 hours. The B-24 crashed while maneuvering for their sixth landing attempt. Investigators believed the pilots lost sight of the horizon while making a 60° banking left turn for final, and flew into terrain. All aboard were instantly killed.
The crew members killed were:
2LT Harold T Payne, O-741931, CA, Pilot
2LT LeRoy Q Davidson, O-752394, NJ, Co-Pilot
2LT Manley T Mitchell, O-738002, IL, Instructor Pilot
SSGT Joseph P Stewart, 11096906, RI, Engineer Instructor
SGT Robert L Blume, 19039011, CA, Student Engineer
SGT Robert Cohen, 12190197, NY, Student Engineer
SGT Robert V Dayton, 12134082, NJ, Student Engineer
SGT Norman A Foster, 20112879, MA, Radio Operator
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Entered the service from California; Service ID: 19039011.
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