Abram Earl Birch

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-39518.jpeg UPL 39518 Abe Birch 3rd from right.
Notated on rear - A/C. A.E. Birch - Squadron A; Brks 525 - A.F.B.F.S. - Lemoore Calif.

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Object Number - UPL 39518 - Abe Birch 3rd from right. Notated on rear - A/C. A.E. Birch - Squadron A; Brks 525 - A.F.B.F.S. - Lemoore Calif.

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.

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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: 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

Places

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.

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Sources

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

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