George F. Blankenship
1st Lt. George F. Blankenship served as bombardier aboard B-24J 42-50829 on the 18 September 1944 supply mission to Eindhoven. He sustained a leg wound from small arms fire during the mission.
The radio operator, rather than taking his ditching station, remained occupied treating Blankenship's wound up to the moment of impact. After the ditching, Blankenship was seen in the water by the flight engineer, who could not reach him. He was not recovered and was reported missing in action.
Sortie Log
25 APR 1944 — 18 SEP 1944
The sorties below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.