Daniel Ralph Abriola

Military
media-49334.jpeg UPL 49334 Daniel Ralph Abriola (with wife Gloria at their wedding in 1946)
Gunner
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

Object Number - UPL 49334 - Daniel Ralph Abriola (with wife Gloria at their wedding in 1946) Gunner 416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Events

Event Location Date Description

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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