Jack Austin Abadie

Military
Formal Portrait of Maj. Jack A. Abadie in Uniform Jack A. Abadie UPL 60013 Jack Austin Abadie, Bombardier, 334th BS, 95th BG

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.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • 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: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

16 July 1923 Son of Albert Abadie.

Enlisted

9 October 1942 Harding Field, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

7 October 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

22 December 2005

Buried

26 December 2005 Arlington National CemeteryArlington, VirginiaSection 64, Grave 2280 

Based

7 October 1944 Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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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

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