Arthur G Abate
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 17367 - Charles Kline Crew 801st BG - 850th BS Standing Left to Right: Gerald H. Ransom (G), Jesse H. Snider (B), Richard J. Brace (N), Clyde H. Schultz...
Killed in Action (KIA). Member of Kline crew in B-24H Carpetbagger, #42-50386, which was shot down by ME 110 south of Paris at 0200hrs. T/O from Harrington, site of crash Les Trois Mares, Oise. MACR 6991.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group Carpetbaggers
- Service Numbers: O-693995
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy) 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA, USA | 6 April 1943 | |
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Died |
Lagny-le-Sec, France | 4 July 1944 | The B-24 number 41-29599 named BOOTS took off at 2331 on 4 July 1944 from Harrington, UK to deliver supplies to the French resistance (Operation Peter). The plane was shot down by flak over Lagney le Sec, France, at 2am on the morning of 5 July. The entire crew of ten was killed. MACR 6991. S/Sgt Abate was a machine gunner. He was serving as the tail gunner on a B-24H which took off from Harrington at 2331hrs, 4 July 1944 on "Operation Peter" His aircraft was shot down by an ME110 night fighter approximately 35 miles south of Paris. It exploded and crashed 0200hrs at a spot known locally as Les Trois Mares, Lagny-Le-Sec(Oise), France. All eight crew members were KIA. Seven are buried in Epinal. His body was found in a corn field about 200 yards south of the crash site badly mutilated and buried with the right wing gunner in one coffin by the Germans in the French Cemetery at Creil. |
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Born |
Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| East Boston, Boston, MA, USA | 19 Seaview Avenue | ||
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Buried |
Plot B Row 42 Grave 14 Epinal American Cemetery Epinal, France |
Revisions
Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
American Battle Monument's Commission, www.abmc.gov
Corrected service number from 31308747 to 31308746 as per NARA enlistment record:
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
801st BG website
Combat Chronology, USAAF SN Website, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia