Carl Edgar Zabel

Military

Assigned to 549BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Pitts crew. 33 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-37842

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lenora Linda
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group

43-38549

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: In Like Flynn
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron

44-8428

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mac's Hack
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Atchison, KS 6 May 1925 Son of Ernest A. and Louise B. [Yost] Zabel.

Enlisted

26 July 1943

Other

Discharged USAAF

5 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Atchison, KS 17 June 2006

Buried

Mount Vernon Cemetery Atchison, Atchison County, KS 21 June 2006 Mount Vernon Cemetery Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas

Based

Great Ashfield Assigned to 549BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.fold3.com/image/636588112
https://www.fold3.com/record/69237497/carl-e-zabel-social-security-deat…
https://www.fold3.com/record/621319631/carl-zabel-1925-veterans-affairs…
https://www.385thbga.com/records/database/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82686317/carl-edgar-zabel