Alfred Drabnis
Military
Object Number - UPL 62072 - F/O Alfred Drabnis
Assigned to 339BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 25 missions, lost on his final mission. Shot down 27-Sep-43 over Emden, Germany with 2 and 3 engines on fire in B-17 42-30792 'Daisy Jane IV'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17067969
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12093149 / O-676923
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13068993 / O-798467
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16078498 / O-749438
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Middleport, Pennsylvania | 19 December 1918 | Born Middleport, Pennsylvania |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Emden, Germany | 27 September 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) Emden, Germany |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery, Nuepre, Belgium | 1 January 1946 | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery, Nuepre, Belgium |
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Buried Memorialised |
Sacred Heart Cemetery New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 January 1948 | Memorialised Sacred Heart Cemetery New Philadelphia, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 756 / MACR 756; Snetterton Falcons, pg 59, 278 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
