James William Blincoe [7615]
1923-1978
Father Nm: James Blincoe [7614]^ born 14.4.1900 Sopris CO died 14.5.1981 Boulder Co
Mother Nm: Vera Mabel McClain [8541] born 3.4.1905 died 31.3.1964
Marriage Dt:
- Mary Lewis Burnley 1896-1939 before 1928 divorced?
- Donna Gammie [7269] born 17.1.1926 m 29.11.1945 divorced
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Birth
10 DEC 1923 • Lynn, Colorado
Before the War
1940 Census
Las Animas, Colorado,
James Blinco 30
Vera Blinco 25
James Blinco 6
1940 Census
Denver Col.
James Blincoe 40
Vera Blincoe 35
James Blincoe 16
WW2
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James William Blincoe.Private First Class, 85906,1 Aviation Mechanic. US Marine Corps.
1942
- 20 June. Drafted age 18 occupation American Maganese and Steel Corp. Denver.
1943
- 27 May. Enlisted in US Marines and trained as a Mechanic likely for Marine aircraft ie the Marines Air Corps.
- October.Marine Base Defense Aircraft Group 44 Marine Corps Air Services MCAS Mojave California.
Appears in first Navy Roster and perhaps at a time when training as a mechanic was completed
.The Mojave Maribe Air Corps station photo taken 1943 and this article provides history of the Station.
James would have probably been maintaining aircraft like these Corsair’s shown in this photo at V MCAS Mojave Station
1944
- 19 July, James is on the Aircraft Carrier USS Kwajalein CVE-98 from San Pedro California as part of VMF-121 Squadron. After shakedown along the West Coast, Kwajalein cleared San Pedro 19 July 1944, bound for Espiritu Santo with passengers and a cargo of fuel and planes. Arriving 3 August, she sailed 4 days later to transport aircraft to Guam and pick up salvaged Japanese equipment for intelligence studies in the United States.
USS_Kwajalein_(CVE-98)_June_1944
Note: Kwajalein (CVE-98), formerly Bwcareli Bay, was launched 4 May 1944, by the Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Wash., under a Maritime Commission contract; …acquired by the Navy 7 June 1944, and commissioned the same day, Comdr. R. C. War-rack in command.
- October The monthly marine roster shows records James is now a Private First Class and role is Tractor Driver. at VMF-121, Mag-11, C/O Fpo, San Francisco, California.
Marine Tractor and driver pulling Aircraft
1945
- 15 January. Enlisted in the US Marine Corps and because of his trade skill (mechanic) was placed in that role working in a US Marines flight squadron VMF-114 which was part of the Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing in the Pacific.
- July. Private First Class at Station: Service Squadron Eleven, Marine Aircraft Group Eleven, Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing, Fleet Marine Force, C/O Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California
- he most likely was transported to Peleliu Islands in the Pacific where the VMF-114 had been since 1944.
Location of Peleliu island in the Palau Island chain east of the Philippines and some distance south of Japan 
Typical of the Marine Aircraft Force in WW2 the Corsair this one of the VMF-214. This aircraft used for scouting in the Pacific. Note: The first major combat that VMF-114 took part in was the Battle of Peleliu. The squadron arrived on Peleliu on September 17, 1944, and provided most of the close air support (CAS) for Marine Corps forces during the course of the battle. They also provided the preparatory bombing and CAS for the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines when they assaulted Ngesebus during the battle.[1] The terrain on the island, earlier judged unsuitable for anything but the costliest and most difficult advances, was made passable with the aid of preparatory fire-scouring by napalm bombs from 114.[2] MajGen William H. Rupertus, the Commanding General of the 1st Marine Division on Peleliu would say following the battle that the air support provided during the campaign was, “executed in a manner leaving little to be desired.[3] Following the battle, they remained based on the island again assuming the role of attacking bypassed Japanese garrisons in the vicinity of the western Caroline Islands. The squadron remained in the area until they ceased combat operations on June 1, 1945. Source Wikiwand
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Landing craft LCI(L) 733 16 September. J W Blincoe 859081 transported from Peleliu to Guam on USS LCI(L) 733
1946
- January. Posted to Marcasd-11, Marine aircraft s group -46, Marair west coast, Usmcas, El Toro, Santa Ana, California. This was a Reserve Marine Aircraft Group based in California in 1946.
- 5 February. Discharged from the Marine Corps.
After the War
Death 1978
DEATH 2 Aug 1978 (aged 54)
BURIAL
Crown Hill Cemetery
Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
Inscription US Marines WW2
US Medals
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We have no medal records but he was entitled to these medals for his service
Sources
- US BIRL records
- U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
- Ancestry Military Tree of Blencowes ww2
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