Richard K Abel
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 22313 - 2nd Lt Richard K Abel. 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort to Munich. Last seen whilst strafing enemy aircraft in P-51D 'Jills Jalopy VII' 44-64159 near Zorneding, 20 km ESE of Munich. Pilot 2nd Lt Richard K Abel Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13950.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
See detail at http://www.55th.org/
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Jills Jalopy VII
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Seattle, WA | 10 November 1942 | Seattle, Washington |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Zorneding, 20 km ESE of Munich | 9 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort to Munich. Last seen whilst strafing enemy aircraft in P-51D 'Jills Jalopy VII' 44-64159 near Zorneding, 20 km ESE of Munich. Pilot 2nd Lt Richard K Abel Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13950. |
| Washington | |||
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Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Plot A Row 26 Grave 47 | |
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Born |
Revisions
Fixed typo in transcript. (Luftwaffe aircraft including ME262 were hidden in the forest on either side of the Autobahn).
American Battle Monument's Commission www.abmc.com
National Archive and Records Administration.
Merged with duplicate entry to include detsils from Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list.
Additional details from https://www.abmc.gov.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13950 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
