George Fabian
Military
BR: Truman Starr, Unk, Unk, unk, James Mabry, John Tonko
Assigned to 96 Bomb Group
Place: Meyersburg, Tenn, USA
The third person in front row is George Fabian.
I am his Grandson, Robert Fabian.
I've been looking for information so I can join Sons of the American Legion and came across this photo.
The John Fabian entry is wrong. It doesn't even have a Service # for John.
Object Number - UPL 22681 - Fr Row: John A Boyd, Thomas Scanlon, George Fabian, Robert Hughes BR: Truman Starr, Unk, Unk, unk, James Mabry, John Tonko Assigned to 96 Bomb...
Shot down flak and fighters on a mission to the Marshalling Yards at Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-38030 'The Merry Widow'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Merry Widow
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 4 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Revisions
Added POW camp information to the POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2195 / MACR 2195, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons pg 60, 88, & 108 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
