Name:
Edward P. Blevins
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-816629
Unit:
366th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1944-07-12
State:
Mississippi
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, France
Plot:
A
Row:
19
Grave:
22
Decoration:
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Comments:
2nd Lt Edward P. Blevins was piloting the P-47 Thunderbolt 42-76466 when he took off from Station 411 in High Halden, Kent, UK for an armed reconnaissance near Dreux. He was shot down by a German fighter a kilometer northwest of Dampierre-sur-Avre.