Jack Leonard Abrams
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On the 17th October 1944, whilst on route from Pantanella, Italy to bomb an ordnance factory South of Vienna, 1st Lieutenant Abrams plane, B24-J Liberator, (Lively Lady), was hit by flak. Abrams was believed to have been killed instantly on the flight deck. The Liberator began a downward glide and the rest of the crew bailed out.
The pilot, 1st Lieutenant Donald K Waldron was captured and subsequently returned to the wreckage where he was able to identify the body of Jack L Abrams.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lively Lady
- Unit: 464th Bomb Group 777th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Shorewood, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 11 February 1921 | |
Other Enlisted |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 30 June 1942 | |
Died |
Parndorf, Austria | 17 October 1944 | Killed instantly when aircraft hit by flak. |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Plot A, Row 16, Grave 21. |
Revisions
American Battle Monument's Commission www.abmc.gov
National Archives and Records Administration
Missing Aircraft Record 44-41070
Ancestry.com
Find a Grave.com
Whilst on a mission from Pantanella in Italy, to attack an ordnance plant south of Vienna, 1st Lieutenant Abrams B24-J Liberator, (Lively Lady), was hit by flak above Parndorf, Austria. Other members of the crew believe that Jack Abrams was killed instantly whilst on the flight deck.
The rest of the crew bailed out as their Liberator began a slow glide downwards. The pilot, 1st Lieutenant Donald K Waldron, was captured and subsequently taken back to the wreckage by the German authorities where he was able to identify the body of Jack L Abrams.