Felix Roberson Abel

Military

'I was a Airplane Mechanic on the B-17 "Hells Angels Out of Chute 13" with the 401st Bomb Group + 612th Squadron. We were really proud of it because I finished 118 missions without an abort. It was shot up on the last mission of the war in Europe, but made it back to our base where it was junked. The next day we were assigned another plane to ferry to the States...'

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-39993

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13, Grossly Inadequate
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Dayton, TN 30 June 1919 Son of the late James Moss and Gladys [Lowry] Abel.

Enlisted

Fort Oglethorpe, GA 28 October 1942 Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

Died

Dayton, TN 7 September 2015

Buried

Abel Cemetery Dayton, Rhea County, TN 10 September 2015 Abel Cemetery Dayton, Rhea County, TN

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date23 Feb 2020 21:10:13
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/87977493-felix-r-abel
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151974182/felix-roberson-abel

Date12 Nov 2014 11:30:28
ContributorEmily
ChangesCreated entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, highest rank, role, biography, unit associations and aircraft associations
Sources

Self, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.