Jack Austin Abadie
Military
Object Number - UPL 60013 - Jack Austin Abadie, Bombardier, 334th BS, 95th BG
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed at Sommerda on 10-Jul-44 in B-17 42-107050 'Tornado Jr', Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: BS, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Volunteered for the infantry, commissioned, served in Korea, rising to Major.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tornado Jr
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA | 16 July 1923 | Son of Albert Abadie. |
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Enlisted |
Harding Field, Baton Rouge, LA | 9 October 1942 | Harding Field, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 7 October 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
22 December 2005 | ||
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Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery | 26 December 2005 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section 64, Grave 2280 |
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Based |
Horham | 7 October 1944 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9561 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
