Willie J. Blake

Korean War
Service #AF14402121
RankAirman First Class U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathDecember 20 1952
National Defense Service Medal
Airman First Class Blake was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Airman First Class Blake was a member of the 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, U.S. Air Force. On December 20, 1952, he was a radio operator on a C-124 Globemaster transport departing Larson Air Force Base, Grant, Washington. The aircraft crashed on takeoff. Ninety personnel on board perished.