Jack Leonard Abrams

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media-43100.png UPL 43100 1st Lieutenant Jack Leonard Abrams

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Object Number - UPL 43100 - 1st Lieutenant Jack Leonard Abrams

On the 17th October 1944, whilst on route from Pantanella, Italy to bomb an ordnance factory South of Vienna, 1st Lieutenant Abrams plane, B24-J Liberator, (Lively Lady), was hit by flak. Abrams was believed to have been killed instantly on the flight deck. The Liberator began a downward glide and the rest of the crew bailed out.

The pilot, 1st Lieutenant Donald K Waldron was captured and subsequently returned to the wreckage where he was able to identify the body of Jack L Abrams.

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A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-49710) nicknamed "Stevonovitch II (Black Nan)" of the 464th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force explodes and rolls over in midair as a result of a direct flak hit, during a mission over Lugo, Italy, 10 April 1945.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lively Lady
  • Unit: 464th Bomb Group 777th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Shorewood, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 11 February 1921

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Enlisted

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 30 June 1942

Died

Parndorf, Austria 17 October 1944 Killed instantly when aircraft hit by flak.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot A, Row 16, Grave 21.

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Missing aircraft report 44-41070

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American Battle Monument's Commission www.abmc.gov
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Whilst on a mission from Pantanella in Italy, to attack an ordnance plant south of Vienna, 1st Lieutenant Abrams B24-J Liberator, (Lively Lady), was hit by flak above Parndorf, Austria. Other members of the crew believe that Jack Abrams was killed instantly whilst on the flight deck.
The rest of the crew bailed out as their Liberator began a slow glide downwards. The pilot, 1st Lieutenant Donald K Waldron, was captured and subsequently taken back to the wreckage by the German authorities where he was able to identify the body of Jack L Abrams.

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