Abram Earl Birch
Military ROLL OF HONOURNotated on rear - A/C. A.E. Birch - Squadron A; Brks 525 - A.F.B.F.S. - Lemoore Calif.
Cleome - related to Abe Birch
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 2 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen / Wilhelmshaven in B-17 42-29915 11-Jun-43; Shot down, plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1760
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20119730 / O-731722
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Thunder God
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 June 1943
- Date: 29 May 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Crawfordsville, IN | 3 August 1920 | Son of Charles Evan and Edna [Vest] Abram. |
Enlisted |
Baer Field Fort, Wayne, IN | 13 March 1942 | Baer Field, Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Died |
North Sea | 11 June 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen / Wilhelmshaven in B-17 42-29915 11-Jun-43; Shot down, plane crashed into North Sea. KIA MACR 1760 |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Liege, Belgium Plot A Row 30 Grave 16 | ||
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Kimbolton | 11 June 1943 | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56357142/abram-e-birch
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1760 / MACR 1760; The 379th Bombardier Group Anthology, pg 262 and 345 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database