LT COL USAAF WWII KOREA
He was the son of Henry Blehm, Jr and Caroline. He had a sister Rowena and a brother Milton Blehm.
When the plane was hit over Rumania in 1944 had to exit through the bomb doors because the cockpit escape hatch was damaged. He said the plane was burning. His main chute would not open because his flak suit would not release, and he had to use his auxiliary chute. A shroud line cut his throat as it opened and he was very bloodied. With the extra weight of the flak suit, he hit hard and broke his leg. He was found by two German soldiers on bicycles. One wanted to shoot him and one didn't. He was shouting at them in German, so they kept him. They called him "the farmer" because of his low German dialect. He walked out of the prison camp after three days, though his broken leg had not been casted, but was recaptured sleeping in a haystack. He remained in the camp until exchanged following the "liberation" of Romania by the Russians. He spoke kindly of "the Countess" (Princess Caradja?) and negatively of the Red Cross.
--Info provided by contributor Alex K 3/03/2010
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Inscription 'The Lord is my Shepherd'
Military Information: LT COL, US AIR FORCE
He was the son of Henry Blehm, Jr and Caroline. He had a sister Rowena and a brother Milton Blehm.
When the plane was hit over Rumania in 1944 had to exit through the bomb doors because the cockpit escape hatch was damaged. He said the plane was burning. His main chute would not open because his flak suit would not release, and he had to use his auxiliary chute. A shroud line cut his throat as it opened and he was very bloodied. With the extra weight of the flak suit, he hit hard and broke his leg. He was found by two German soldiers on bicycles. One wanted to shoot him and one didn't. He was shouting at them in German, so they kept him. They called him "the farmer" because of his low German dialect. He walked out of the prison camp after three days, though his broken leg had not been casted, but was recaptured sleeping in a haystack. He remained in the camp until exchanged following the "liberation" of Romania by the Russians. He spoke kindly of "the Countess" (Princess Caradja?) and negatively of the Red Cross.
--Info provided by contributor Alex K 3/03/2010
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Inscription 'The Lord is my Shepherd'
Military Information: LT COL, US AIR FORCE
LT COL USAAF WWII KOREA
He was the son of Henry Blehm, Jr and Caroline. He had a sister Rowena and a brother Milton Blehm.
When the plane was hit over Rumania in 1944 had to exit through the bomb doors because the cockpit escape hatch was damaged. He said the plane was burning. His main chute would not open because his flak suit would not release, and he had to use his auxiliary chute. A shroud line cut his throat as it opened and he was very bloodied. With the extra weight of the flak suit, he hit hard and broke his leg. He was found by two German soldiers on bicycles. One wanted to shoot him and one didn't. He was shouting at them in German, so they kept him. They called him "the farmer" because of his low German dialect. He walked out of the prison camp after three days, though his broken leg had not been casted, but was recaptured sleeping in a haystack. He remained in the camp until exchanged following the "liberation" of Romania by the Russians. He spoke kindly of "the Countess" (Princess Caradja?) and negatively of the Red Cross.
--Info provided by contributor Alex K 3/03/2010
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Inscription 'The Lord is my Shepherd'
Military Information: LT COL, US AIR FORCE
He was the son of Henry Blehm, Jr and Caroline. He had a sister Rowena and a brother Milton Blehm.
When the plane was hit over Rumania in 1944 had to exit through the bomb doors because the cockpit escape hatch was damaged. He said the plane was burning. His main chute would not open because his flak suit would not release, and he had to use his auxiliary chute. A shroud line cut his throat as it opened and he was very bloodied. With the extra weight of the flak suit, he hit hard and broke his leg. He was found by two German soldiers on bicycles. One wanted to shoot him and one didn't. He was shouting at them in German, so they kept him. They called him "the farmer" because of his low German dialect. He walked out of the prison camp after three days, though his broken leg had not been casted, but was recaptured sleeping in a haystack. He remained in the camp until exchanged following the "liberation" of Romania by the Russians. He spoke kindly of "the Countess" (Princess Caradja?) and negatively of the Red Cross.
--Info provided by contributor Alex K 3/03/2010
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Inscription 'The Lord is my Shepherd'
Military Information: LT COL, US AIR FORCE
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