Anthony Joseph Abad Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3849.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060557 / O-742628
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Shack Rabbit
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Omaha, NE | 23 October 1919 | Son of Arline Jacobsen, step son of Stanley Jacobsen (1930 census) |
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Enlisted |
Fort McDowell, Angel Island, CA | 2 July 1940 | Fort McDowell, Angel Island, CA |
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Other Baled out POW |
Hanover, Germany | 8 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out. POW. MACR 3849 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 8 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Enlisted |
23 September 1947 | Re-enlisted. | |
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Other Discharged USAF |
31 August 1965 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Peru, IN | 15 February 1977 | |
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Buried |
Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru, IN | 18 February 1977 | Mount Hope Cemetery Peru, Miami County, IN Section 2WMH Lot 267 Space 6 |
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Based |
Shipdham | 8 April 1944 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| San Francisco, CA | Entered service from San Francisco, California. | ||
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to biography and awards
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources
Added an association to the 8th AF Mission #182 on 11 Jan 1944 per info in the "Summary biography".
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3849 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database