William E Sabalaske
Military
Elmer J. Romigh Crew
B-24H-15-FO #42-52598 "Guess Who's Here" Code: 6L-O
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right: Elmer J. Romigh (P), Herbert C. Lashlee (CP), Woodrow Bullerman (N), Burt Berstein (B)
Kneeling Left to Right: E.L. Wilson (FE), James K. Gray (G), John E. Barr (R/O), William A. Line (G), William Sabalaske (WG), Edgar H. Miller (TG)
This crew completed 31 missions, except for Sabalaske who was interned in Switzerland when flying as a replacement gunner with the the Flynn Crew.
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Object Number - UPL 7170 - Crew #705 Elmer J. Romigh Crew B-24H-15-FO #42-52598 "Guess Who's Here" Code: 6L-O 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Elmer J....
Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52567. Landed in Switzerland, Interned (INT).
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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: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-807827
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672869
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA | 14 March 1920 | |
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Died |
Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA | 27 February 1998 | Times Leader, The (Wilkes-Barre, PA) - Saturday, February 28, 1998 William E. Sabalaske Sr., 77, of Beaver Court, Wilkes-Barre, died Friday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born March 14, 1920, in Wilkes-Barre, he was son of the late Joseph and Ruth Krebs Sabalaske. He was employed as a machinist for most of his life by Kanaar Corp., South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, and Cornell Iron Works in Mountaintop. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and served in the 8th Air Force as a waist gunner on a B-24 airplane and was shot down in Germany. He was a prisoner of war for 8 months (SIC, interned in Switzerland). He was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans. He was preceded in death by a sister, Elizabeth Lalko, and brother, Albert and Charles. Surviving are his wife of 53 years, the former Florence Haefele; sons William E. Jr., Mountaintop; one grandson; a brother, Joseph, Wilkes-Barre; a sister, Ruth Wagner, York. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday from the James M. Desiderio Funeral Home Inc., 2 Academy Road, Marion Terrace, Hanover Township, with the Rev. Bob Boyer officiating. Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover Township. |
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Buried |
Hanover, PA 18017, USA | 2 March 1998 | Maple Hill Cemetery Hanover Luzerne County Pennsylvania, USA |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Dübendorf, Switzerland | 13 April 1944 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
466th BG Historian
Attlebridge Diaries - John Woolnough
Attlebridge Arsenal - Chris Brassfield & Earl Wassom
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4113 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database