Isaac Abeyta

Military

ETO/ Queen Mary 9/5/42.

Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23936.

1st Oct 43, B-24 41-23936 'Queen Anne' was attacked by fighters on bombing run on Wiener, Austria. 2 crew members bailed out near Vienna to become Prisoner of War (POW)s. Pilot Oakley crash landed in British held territory near Foggia, Italy. He was a POW at STALAG 17

This unit was on temporary duty with the 9th AAC.

Home/ Queen Mary 6/16/45.

DFC (1OLC), AM (3OLC), PH, POW Medal, ACM, EAME w/2 campaign stars, WW II Victory Medal

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95260) nicknamed "Lili Marlene" of the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group flies in formation with two comrades. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 H & B-24 J OF 44th B.G. 66th Sqdn'

66th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

41-23936

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Queen Anne Margurite
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs 66th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Operation Tidal Wave

  • Date: 1 August 1943
  • Official Description: 177 B-24’s, of IX Bomber Command (including Heavy Bombers on loan from Eighth AF) are dispatched to bomb oil refineries at Ploesti and nearby Campina. The operation (TIDALWAVE) is costly, 54 planes and 532 airmen being lost, but damage to the targets...

Places

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Blanco, New Mexico 1 February 1920

Enlisted

17 January 1942 Santa Fe, New Mexico

Other

Prisoner of war

1 October 1943

Revisions

Date2 Apr 2022 23:22:12
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Updated awards and bios section.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99342826/isaac-abeyta

Date14 Feb 2020 11:42:41
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Ploesti Sortie Reports, 44th Bomb Group

Date6 Apr 2017 11:35:33
ContributorLucy May
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Added connections to place records from existing information in the record.

Date20 Sep 2015 19:04:21
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Date20 Sep 2015 19:00:53
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Isaac Abeyta was my grandfather

Date20 Sep 2015 18:58:22
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Issac Abeyta was my grandfather

Date20 Sep 2015 18:57:21
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Date20 Sep 2015 18:55:51
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Issac Abeyta is my grandfather, who recently passed this month Sept 17th 2015.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:13:32
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd,  Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol I p. 299, by Bishop and Hey, 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties by Will Lundy p.126-7.,

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