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media-37939.jpeg UPL 37939 Sgt. Julius Aibavich served as a Tail Gunner (B-17) in the 728th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomber Group (Heavy)and was KIA when the plane was attacked by numerous fighters and one crashed in theirs so the plane broke in two and crashed

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Object Number - UPL 37939 - Sgt. Julius Aibavich served as a Tail Gunner (B-17) in the 728th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomber Group (Heavy)and was KIA when the plane was attacked...

Delivered Hunter 30/9/45; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 13/10/44; over Plauen 26/3/45 Navigator: Jack Orshansky KIA; Missing in Action Parchim, Ger 7/4/45 with Bill Richardson, Co-pilot: Hjalmer Molner, Navigator: Bob Renaud, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Kennedy, Radio Operator: Jim Satterfield, Ball turret gunner: John Loveless, Waist gunner: Newell Snarr,Tail gunner: Julius Albavich(8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Sgt Vance Urban, rcm-Stephen Kiss (2 Prisoner of War); rammed by Sonderkommando Elbe Me109, crashed Schwarmstedt, near Hamburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13888.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Julius W Aibavich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31142104
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Morton E Burkholder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2068358
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Jack W Kennedy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Stephen A Kiss

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 3230065323
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radar Counter Measures Operator, Radio Counter Measures

John H Loveless

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 7 April 1945

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13888 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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