Alfred Drabnis

Military
Alfred Drabnis UPL 62072 UPL 62072 F/O Alfred Drabnis

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Alfred Drabnis

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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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13153605
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Morrison Miller
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14104826
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Middleport, Pennsylvania 19 December 1918 Born Middleport, Pennsylvania

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Emden, Germany 27 September 1943 Killed in Action (KIA) Emden, Germany

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery, Nuepre, Belgium 1 January 1946 Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery, Nuepre, Belgium

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

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