Daniel Ralph Abriola
Military
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UPL 49334
Daniel Ralph Abriola (with wife Gloria at their wedding in 1946)
Gunner
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF
Gunner
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33431476
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Daddy Land's Commando
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 410th Bomb Group 644th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Nino
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Melun, Alsace
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lyndhurst, New Jersey | 21 March 1921 | |
Lyndhurst, New Jersey | 16 February 1942 | 445 Forrest Avenue | |
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
Pont-l'Eveque, France | 18 August 1944 | |
Other Bailed Out/Captured |
near Euskirchen, Germany | 2 February 1945 | Lieutenant D.E. Smith was flying a window plane. On the return trip he heard an explosion in the rear compartment of the plane. He called his gunners, but neither of them answered. He landed the plane safely at A-78. In the gunners compartment, he found Sergeant R. DeStafono dead. His body was badly broken. Only one small hole was visible in the plane, but the bulkhead had been sprung by the force of the unexplainable explosion. The other gunner, Staff Sergeant D.R. Abriola, was seen to bail out after the explosion near Bolbark, in enemy territory, and is listed as MIA. |
Died |
Brick, New Jersey | 24 August 2010 | |
Buried |
Lakewood New Jersey | 27 August 2010 | Saint Mary of the Lake Cemetery Lakewood, Ocean County, New Jersey, |
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