Ishmael W Abernathy
Military
Object Number - UPL 16990 - MP Pvt Samuel Silverman [Philadelphia, PA] points to P-51C 42-103502 "Pride Of The Yanks" while Lt I W Abernathy [Naylor, MO] test pilot of the plane...
Trained with 312FS, 338FG. Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Other
Events
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Born |
22 July 1921 | Son of John Alexander and Rader [Poole] Abernathy. | |
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Enlisted |
10 November 1941 | ||
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Other Crashed |
31 January 1943 | Landing Accident Dale Mabry Field, Florida Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Ishmael W Abernathy, 31-Jan-43. P-47C 41-6111 - 312FS 338FG. | |
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Other Assigned |
30 April 1943 | Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Died |
26 June 1990 | ||
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Born |
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Buried |
Naylor Masonic Cemetery Naylor, Ripley County, Missouri. |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record that had his middle initial as a 'B' rather than a 'W':
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133
It is Ishmael W Abernathy in the Duxford Diary produced by the servicemen themselves in 1945.
