Carl William Abele
MilitaryShot down in B-17 42-29867 on Mission #115, 14 October 1943. Missing Air Crew Report #838. POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-676345
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37128669
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: MOS 748 Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798966
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14139217
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16014308
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucifer II
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lakewood, Ohio, USA | 26 July 1916 | |
Enlisted |
Cleveland, OH, USA | 5 August 1941 | Residence: Cuyahoga, Ohio Private, Branch Immaterial Enlisted ASN: 35027665 |
Other Assigned |
3 September 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #88 dated 3 September 1943, Walter Golden Williams Crew. Five combat missions. | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 | POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11. He was severely injured when he bailed out. He returned to the US on a prisoner exchange in January 1945. |
Died |
Ohio, USA | 1 December 2010 |
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Sources
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4976
2015-07-18, combined with records Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=b...
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 838
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Sources
MACR 838 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database