Front row second from left in image.
First Name
Irwin
Middle Name
D
Last Name
Blankenship
Serial Number
39006503
Service Branch
Army Air Corps
Highest Rank
SGT
War or Action
World War II
Place Of Birth
Illinois, U.S.
County
Jefferson
Biography

Worked as cabinetmaker. Served as Top Turrest Gunner on B-17 "Jerry Jinx" Member 427th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomber Group, Heavy. Enlisted on January 19, 1942. Listed missing with his crew when they had to ditch their plane in Bay of Biscay while en route on mission to Lorient, France. Awarded Air Medal and Purple Heart.

Blankenship is front row second from left in image.

Place Of Burial
Brittany American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing
Place Of Death
Bay of Biscay, France
Circumstances
Missing In Action
Row Number
42
Column Number
2
Panel Number
13

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