Alvin M Rabun

Military
media-37717.jpeg UPL 37717 Alvin M. Rabun

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Object Number - UPL 37717 - Alvin M. Rabun

20 MM burst into the cockpit and the A/C went down out of control on 16 Sep 1943 on the Nantes, France ball bearings mission.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-733514
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11065738, O-794097
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16058103 at enlistment, then O-734095
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: El Diablo
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

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Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 16 September 1943

Revisions

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379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 278 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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ContributorNimitz41
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Mel Pins, Des Moines, Iowa

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ContributorNimitz41
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Ancestry.com photo

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 1346 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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