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Last Rank
Staff Sergeant
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Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 177-Radio Operator
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Last AFSC Group
Signal (Enlisted)
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Primary Unit
1952-1952, 5th Air Force
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Service Years
1946 - 1952
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Year of Birth
1927 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Sgt D.L. Kimbrow (Skip)
to remember
Blizzard, William Austin, SSgt.
If you knew or served with this Airman and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
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Last Address
Arlington
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Casualty Date
Jun 13, 1952 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died while Missing |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Sea |
Location
Pacific |
Conflict
In The Line of Duty |
Location of Interment
Not Specified |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Lost over Sea of Japan |
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Last Known Activity
Staff Sergeant Blizzard was a crew member on a RB-29A “Over Exposed” (# 44-61813) with the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, U.S. Air Force.
On 13 June 1952, the aircraft departed Yokoto Air Base, Honshu, Japan on an electronic surveillance mission. It was shot down by 2 Russian MiG-15's over the Sea of Japan south of Mys Ostrovnoy, north of Hokkaido and 120 miles from the Russian coast.
Nothing was ever found of crew or aircraft.
Crew:
1st Lt. Robert J. McDonnell, Navigator
S/Sgt. Roscoe G. Becker, Right Scanner
S/Sgt. Eddie R. Berg, Tail Gunner
SSgt Leon F. Bonura, Left Scanner
MSgt. William R. Homer, Flight Engineer
Capt. Samuel D. Service, Radar Operator
1st. Lt. James A. Sculley, Pilot
Major Samuel N. Busch, Aircraft Commander
S/Sgt. William A. Blizzard , Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Miguel W. Monserrat, Central Fire Control Gunner
A1c Danny Pillsbury, Camera Operator
TSgt. David L. Moore
Note: Some evidence that members of this crew were captured and held in the Soviet Union.
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Comments/Citation
Notes/Links:
http://www.koreanwar.org/html/korean_war_project_remembrance
http://www.koreacoldwar.org/bios/heroesrb2952.php
html //www.rb-29.net/HTML/06CWMConn/LinksPgs/02.Hist91stSRS.htm
http://www.91stsrwa.com/Taps/Taps.pdf
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